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    [Noun]  | "age" | \ ˈāj \


    1: the time of life at which some particular qualification, power, or capacity arises or rests; specifically : majority

    2: one of the stages of life

    3: the length of an existence extending from the beginning to any given time


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French aage, age (earlier Old French edage, eage), from eé, aé "age, lifetime" (going back to Latin aetāt-, aetās, contraction of earlier aevitās, from aevum "time, lifetime" + -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity}) + -age {see: |-age|-age} {mat|aye:3|};

    [Noun]  | "age-group" | \ ˈāj-ˌgrüp \


    1: a segment of a population that is of approximately the same age or is within a specified range of ages


    Origin: 1893 ;

    [Noun]  | "age-mate" | \ ˈāj-ˌmāt \


    1: one who is of about the same age as another


    Origin: 1582 ;

    [Noun]  | "age-related macular degeneration" 


    1: macular degeneration that affects the elderly in either a slowly progressing form marked especially by the accumulation of yellow deposits in and thinning of the macula or in a rapidly progressing form marked by scarring produced by bleeding and fluid leakage below the macula —abbreviation AMD


    Origin: 1984 ;

    [Verb]  | "age" 


    1: to become old : show the effects or the characteristics of increasing age

    2: to acquire a desirable quality (such as mellowness or ripeness) by standing undisturbed for some time

    3: to cause to become old


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English agen, derivative of age {see: |age:1|age:1};

    [Noun suffix]  | "-age" 


    1: aggregate : collection

    2: action : process

    3: cumulative result of


    Origin: 

     Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin -āticum (as in viāticum "provision for a journey"), neuter of -āticus, adjective suffix of appurtenance, perhaps originally from -āt- (from past participles of first conjugation verbs, as in vēnāticus "used for hunting," from vēnātus, past participle of vēnārī "to hunt") + -icus {see: |-ic:1|-ic:1};

    [Noun phrase]  | "age of consent" 


    1: the age at which one is legally competent to give consent especially to marriage or to sexual intercourse


    Origin: 1504 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "age of reason" 


    1: the time of life when one begins to be able to distinguish right from wrong

    2: a period characterized by a prevailing belief in the use of reason; especially Age of Reason : the 18th century in England and France


    Origin: 1650 ;

    [Adjective]  | "age-old" | \ ˈāj-ˈōld \


    1: having existed for ages : ancient


    Origin: 1860 ;

    [Noun]  | "age" 


    1: an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing;


      * e.g., " ... the Bronze Age marks the beginning of the use of metal by ancient peoples "





    2: a long or seemingly long period of time;


      * e.g., " ... it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items "





    3: a later period of one's life;


      * e.g., " ... stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age "





    [Noun]  | "silver age" 


    1: as in millennium;




    [Noun]  | "coon's age" 


    1: a long or seemingly long period of time;


      * e.g., " ... where have you been? I haven't seen you in a coon's age! "



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    [Noun]  | "golden age" 


    1: a period of high artistic or cultural development;


      * e.g., " ... a memoir of her days as an actress in the golden age of Hollywood "





    [Verb]  | "age" 


    1: to become mature;


      * e.g., " ... as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet "



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    [Adjective]  | "age-old" 


    1: dating or surviving from the distant past;


      * e.g., " ... age-old customs and beliefs "





    [Adjective]  | "new age" 


    1: being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles;


      * e.g., " ... a kitchen crammed full of new age appliances "





    [Adjective]  | "space-age" 


    1: being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles;


      * e.g., " ... space-age technology that totally transformed the news-gathering business "





    [Adjective]  | "Stone Age" 


    1: having passed its time of use or usefulness;


      * e.g., " ... Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children "



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     [ "age" ]

    1: A word used to describe to other posters on the *chan (iichan, 4chan, etc) message boards that this post deserves to be seen and bumped.

      * e.g.,  ... age for Sakaki boobies! 


     [ "age" ]

    2: Short for "A Good Example"


     [ "age" ]

    3: Opposite of sage

     [ "age" ]

    1: A suffix for any random word.

      * e.g.,  ... I was maintainin' at my crib-age, ock. 

     [ "age" ]

    1: Something which is just a number

      * e.g.,  ... I'm 15 and you're 18 but we make the perfect pair.. Who cares about our age? 

     [ "age" ]

    1: just a number

      * e.g.,  ... my girlfriend is 7 years old, but age is just a number. 

     [ "age" ]

    1: Pronounced 'idge' a suffix attached to almost any word. Invented in 198 Whilst doing exhibition work we were asked to, "Go and put up the 'signage' to which we replied,

      * e.g.,  ... Kippage, drinkage, chatage, swimage etc etc 


     [ "age" ]

    2: "And after that we are going to have some drinkage some clubbage and a bit of kebabage" Since then adding 'age' to the end of a word has spread impressively but now seems to be on the decline.

     [ "age" ]

    1: Something that does not matter when selcting a mate.

      * e.g.,  ... I didn't know her age was only 12! 

     [ "age" ]

    1: Assisted geriatric enclosure

      * e.g.,  ... Grandma went senile so we put her in an age. 

     [ "age" ]

    1: If windchill was a factor it would mean nothing.

      * e.g.,  ... If age had windchill I'd b 40! 

     [ "age" ]

    1: Pronounced Idge, this can be placed onto the end of basically any word.

      * e.g.,  ... Samage, goodage, musicage, bankage etc. 


     [ "age" ]

    2: Try this with any word.

     [ "age" ]

    1: try -age

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