elderdom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Both of these things Moses fulfilled, when he refused elderdom or authority, [...]"
- "The name of one of these was Claudius, who arrogated to himself elderdom over the others, though they by no means allowed his claim of superiority, hut quarrelled with him."
- "Hence the popular belief that elderdom was most of all at home on Russian soil."
- "Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom."
- "The weight of elderdom in our family was like a drapery to be taken for granted. In which anyone could at times gratefully hide."
Etymology
From Middle English *elderdom, alderdom, from Old English ealdordōm (“greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning”), equivalent to elder + -dom. Cognate with West Frisian âlderdom (“eld, old age, antiquity”), German Altertum (“antiquity”), Swedish ålderdom (“eld, age”).