ageable

ageable

English

Etymology

age +‎ -able

Adjective

ageable (comparative more ageable, superlative most ageable)

1. Capable of being aged; suitable for ageing.
   • 2009, Wine Enthusiast (volume 23, issues 1-7, page 91)

     An ageable wine with great character and poise.

2. (dialectal, informal, dated) Getting on in years; fairly old.
   • 1842, Great Britain. Parliament, House of Commons Papers, volume 12, page 456:

     I received your letter by the bearer, and in reply to it I have to state that my father is an ageable man now, and not able to attend to the time appointed by your Honour.

   • 1932, Julia Mood Peterkin, Bright Skin, page 39:

     She looked like an ageable woman but Wes was young and supple as a boy.

   • 2009, Sara F. Munday, Becoming Myself: A Passage of Grace, page 77:

     They had no children, and they were getting to be up in years—“ageable” as Took described it.

Anagrams

• baleage