lánaosta
Irish
Etymology
From lán (“full”) + aosta (“aged, old”).
Adjective
lánaosta
- (law) of full age
- rather old
Related terms
- anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
- breacaosta (“fairly old”, adjective)
- bunaosta (“fairly old; middle-aged”, adjective)
- cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, adjective)
- cnagaosta (“advanced in years, elderly”, adjective)
- comhaosta (“of the same age; contemporary, coeval”, adjective)
- críonaosta (“old and withered”, adjective)
- foraosta (“very old”, adjective)
- meánaosta (“middle-aged”, adjective)
- scothaosta (“fairly old, elderly”, adjective)
- tonnaosta (“getting on in years”, adjective)
- tromaosta (“of advanced age”, adjective)
References
- "lánaosta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.