Crossword-Solution: OLDNESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oldness | n. | The state or quality of being old; old age. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “OLDNESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| 1984 election issue | 1 answer |
| Age; antiquity | 1 answer |
| Cause for decrepitude | 1 answer |
| Venerability | 1 answer |
| the quality of being old | 1 answer |
| decrepitude | 13 answers |
| Antiquity | 26 answers |
| Eternity | 63 answers |
| Age | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OLDNESS (5)
But now we are loosed from the law of death wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
The sense of the oldness of the Cathedral vanished away under the influence of this truly venerable presence.
This is bringing forth fruit unto himself; for all that he doth, he doth it as a man, as a creature, from principles natural, and of himself, his own, and for none other than himself; and therefore he serveth in an old spirit, the oldness of the letter, and for himself.
And now by our new law-giver, the Son of God, he being 'lord also of the sabbath day,' we have a time prefixed, as the law of nature requireth, a new day, by him who is the lord of it; I say, appointed, wherein we may worship, not in the oldness of that letter written and engraven in stones, but according to, and most agreeing with, his new and holy testament.
But as this person, _ex hypothesi_, belongs to the class of society which is familiar with this particular plot _ad nauseam_, is it possible that he or she should go on betraying the same ignorance on which the plot originally was based? Even Marguerite has seen "Faust" nowadays! This suggests an objection to old plots quite apart from their oldness, for that which started by being probable becomes improbable by age.
Quotes with OLDNESS (3)
I don’t ever remember being afraid of “oldness”.There are things I miss about being younger - chiefly the ability to pull all-nighters and keep working and working well; and being smiled at by girls I didn’t know who thought I was cute; and I wish I had the eyesight I had even five years ago… but that stuff feels pretty trivial. I’m happier than I’ve been at any time in my life these days. I have a wonderful wife whom I adore, watched three amazing kids grow into two delightf…
Ocean people are different from land people. The ocean never stops saying and asking into ears, which don’t sleep like eyes. Those who live by the sea examine the driftwood and glass balls that float from foreign ships. They let scores of invisible imps loose out of found bottles. In a scoop of salt water, they revive the dead blobs that have been beached in storms and tides: fins, whiskers, and gills unfold; mouths, eyes, and colors bloom and spread. Sometimes ocean people a…
He has made me wary of chronological snobbery. That is, he showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty and goodness are not determined by when they exist. Nothing is inferior for being old, and nothing is valuable for being modern. This has freed me from the tyranny of novelty and opened for me the wisdom of the ages.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1984–2013).