Old age definition

Old age

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WordNet

(1) A late time of life

"Old age is not for sissies"

"He's showing his years"

"Age hasn't slowed him down at all"

"A beard white with eld"

"On the brink of geezerhood"

WiktionaryText

old age

The latter part of (human) life. Old age begins with the deterioration of physical abilities such as sight, hearing, walking (stick required), etc. or by definition at a certain age (eg. 80 in present times), and ends in death.

People of old age are often hard of hearing.