"old as Adam" meaning in All languages combined

See old as Adam on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} old as Adam (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Extremely old. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: as old as Adam
    Sense id: en-old_as_Adam-en-adj-RKvzIW0N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "old as Adam (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English similes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely old."
      ],
      "id": "en-old_as_Adam-en-adj-RKvzIW0N",
      "links": [
        [
          "Extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Extremely old."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "as old as Adam"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "old as Adam"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "old as Adam (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English similes",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely old."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Extremely old."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "as old as Adam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "old as Adam"
}

Download raw JSONL data for old as Adam meaning in All languages combined (0.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.