"agedness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English agednes, agidnes, equivalent to aged + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|agednes}} Middle English agednes, {{m|enm|agidnes}} agidnes, {{suf|en|aged|ness}} aged + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} agedness (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being aged. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: elderliness, oldness, senectitude Derived forms: middle-agedness
    Sense id: en-agedness-en-noun--ZanAz4V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "text": "1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England and the Causes that Hitherto Have Hindered It, Volume I, in Charles Symmons (ed.), The Prose Works of John Milton, London: J. Johnson (etc.), 1806, Volume I, pp. 21-22 (citing the 74th epistle of Cyprian),\nNeither ought custom to hinder that truth should not prevail; for custom without truth is but agedness of errour."
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          "ref": "1946, Mervyn Peake, “Assemblage”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode",
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