Get Old Elderly Background. My father is getting elderly. As old as the hills.

, the thoughtful lad helped an. Special arrangements were available for the aged. It comes from an even older noun, elder.

A) often emphatic (of a person) getting near old age.

Older — adjective [ˈəʊldə,ˈoʊldɚ/ a) elder, senior. My father is getting elderly. The word old, with its connotations of deterioration and obsolescence, doesn't capture the many meanwhile, elderly, a term that was more common a generation ago, is hardly neutral—it's often. Definition of elderly (entry 2 of 2).