Reverse Dictionary: OLD

ADJECTIVES
► ABIGAIL old, ugly, unattractive → 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► ABO old → 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► AGEABLE advanced in years; very old → 1845 Amer. dial.
► AGEDLY in the manner of an old person → 1538
► AGEFUL old, getting old → 1944 Amer. dial.
► AGE-OLD that has existed for a very long time; extremely old → 1860
► AGEY characterized by age, aged, old → 1547 arch.
► ALONG IN YEARS elderly; growing old → 2004  (Bk.)
► ANNO DOMINI old → 1890 Eng. society sl.
► ANTEDILUVIAN old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ARKY old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AULD old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AULD IN THE HORN old and less fit, physically or mentally → 1915 Sc.
► AULDRIFE old; of the old style → 1882 Sc.
► BACK-NUMBER old-fashioned, out-of-date; old and useless → 1883 sl.
► CHESTNUTTY old, stale → 1884 arch.
► DECREPIT wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble; senile → c1450
► DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well → 1953 Amer. dial.
► DOG-EARED old; hackneyed; outworn → 1894 Amer. sl.
► ELD old, aged, advanced in years → 1619 poetic and arch.
► ELDED that has grown old, inveterate → a1300 obs.
► ELDERMER aged, growing old → 19C Eng. dial.
► ELDERMERLY aged, growing old → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ELDERN old, belonging to earlier times → a1300
► ELD-GROWN grown old → 1896 Eng. dial.
► ELD-LIKE beginning to grow old → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FARISH-ON advanced in years, well on; well forward in an undertaking → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FUNKY old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GAMMY old, ugly → 1889 theatrical sl.
► GONE TO SEED old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRANDEVAL of a great age, old, ancient → 1650
► GRANDEVOUS of great age; aged, old, long-lived → 1682 obs.
► GUNGY messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged → 1962 UK sl.
► HAS-BEEN old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN THE WHITLEATHER STATE of people: old and tough → 1899 Amer. dial.
► LONG IN THE TOOTH old or ageing; used orig. of horses, because their gums recede with age → 1841
► MODEL-T old → 1938 Amer. sl.
► MOSSY-HEADED old, wrinkled → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOSSYHORN old, wrinkled → 1885 Amer. dial.
► NESTORIAN old → 1605
► NOVANTIQUE new-old → a1688 obs.
► OGYGIAN adj. pert. to the mythical Attic or Boeotian king Ogyges; of obscure antiquity; of great age → 1843
► OLD AS ADAM, AS primevally old → 1867
► OLD AS PANTON GATES very old → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD-ASS run-down, dilapidated, old → 1969 US sl.
► OLDER THAN JOB’S TURKEY very old → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLDER THAN METHUSELAH’S BILLY GOAT very old → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OLDER THAN SIMON’S OFF OX very old → 1958 Amer. dial.
► OLD FOOT describing older people → 1990s W. Indies sl.
► OLDIE old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD-LIKE old in appearance → 1634 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OLDLY verging on old age; elderly → 1382 obs.
► OLD-TIMEY old-fashioned, out-of-date, old → 1850 Amer. dial.
► OLDWARD having the old tendency → 1624 obs.
► OLE old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLGA old, hence unattractive → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► ON OLD TOES in old age → a1400 obs.
► OUT OF THE ARK very old → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► OVERYEARED too old, too advanced in years → 1844 obs.
► PAPPY old, esp. exhibiting the signs of the old → 1930s US sl.
► PAST IT of animate and inanimate objects: too old or worn-out to be of use → M19 sl.
► PAST THE TIME OF DAY too old → 1844 Sc. 
► RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old → a1802 Sc.
► RUN TO SEED old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SEEN IT’S BEST DAYS old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SILVER (AND GOLD) old → 1990s rhyming sl.
► TABBY pertaining to a tabby (an old or elderly maiden lady) → 1746
► THROUGH-OLD extremely old; antiquated → 1639 obs.
► TIN-TYPE old → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TYKE-AULD very old → 1826 Sc.
► UITER-ALD extremely old → 1929 Sc.
► UP IN LIFE advanced in years, old → 1871 Sc.
► UP IN THE PAINT CARDS. old; high; superior → 1930s US sl.
► UP IN THE PAINTS old; high; superior → 1930s US sl.
► VENERABLE ancient, antique, old → 1792
► VETERASCENT growing old → 1642 obs.
► VETUST old, ancient → 1623
► WANING ageing, growing old → 1895
► WELL SHOT IN YEARS advanced in life → 1596

ADVERBS
► ELDERNLY of old time → a1400 obs.
► OLDLY in the manner of one that is old; in an old or bygone manner → c1200 obs.

NOUNS
► ADVISED AGE wise old age → 1623 obs.
► AGERASIA the quality of not growing old; the non-appearance of the signs of age; a vigorous old age → 1706
► ANCIENTRY old things; antiquities → 1866 Eng. dial.
► BLACK OX, THE misfortune, adversity; old age → 1546
► BLID an old or decrepit person; a term of compassion → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BRAIGGLE an old and dangerously rickety article → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CADUCITY the infirmity of old age, senility → 1769
► CALLION anything old and ugly → 1824 Sc.
► CROCK an old and worn-out person or thing; an old decrepit car → 1889 UK sl.
► DECREPIDITY decrepitude, a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1760 obs.
► DECREPITAGE decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1670 obs.
► DECREPITANCY decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1670 obs.
► DECREPITNESS decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1601 obs.
► DECREPITUDE the state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1603
► DECREPITY decrepitude; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age; senility → 1576 obs.
► DOTARDAGE orig. foolishness; later, dotage; old age → 1859
► DOTARDY orig. foolishness; later, dotage; old age → 1889
► ELD 1. people of advanced age; old men → c1000 obs.
2. old age; antiquity → 1725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► ELDNESS oldness, old age → c1000 obs.
► ELDSHIP old age → 1647 obs.
► GERASCOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of growing old → 1991 (Bk.)
► LAST AGE the closing years of life, old age → 1382 obs.
► OLD old age, the advanced stage or period of life → c1205 obs.
► OLD BOAT a house, usually in an untidy state, where old people live → c1930 sl.
► OLDENNESS olden quality, antiquity → 1422 obs.
► OLDIE an old saying, story, object, etc. → 1934 US sl.
► OLDIE BUT GOODIE any person or thing that is old but still desirable → 1968 US sl.
► OLD RESIDENTER an old animal or thing, esp. one that has acquired venerable or impressive qualities through age; an antique, a relic → 1912 Amer. dial.
► OLDY an old, joke, story, etc.; an old and familiar popular song, motion picture, etc. → 1939 US sl.
► RATTLE-TRAP a worn-out, rickety vehicle; anything old and dilapidated; a makeshift contrivance → 1888 Eng. dial.
► RESIDENTER an old animal or thing, esp. one that has acquired venerable or impressive qualities through age; an antique, a relic → 1912 Amer. dial.
► TWILIGHT HOME a residential institution for old people or animals → 1934
► TWILIGHT ZONE old age → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► VALE OF YEARS, THE the declining years of a person’s life; old age → 1604
► WRINKLE CITY 1. old age; the golden years → 1980s sl.
2. a place inhabited or frequented by old people → 1980s sl.
► WRINKLE RANCH a retirement or old people’s home → 1990s US students’ sl.
► WRINKLE VILLAGE a place inhabited or frequented by old people → 1980s sl.
► WRINKLIES the old → 1920s sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADMIRAL the oldest man of a settlement → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► AGEMAN an old man → 1571 obs.
► A.K. an old man; an Alte Kacker → 1920s US sl.
► ALTE KACKER ► ALTER COCKER ► ALTER KOCKER ► ALTER KUCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher → 1943 US sl.
► ALTER an old man → 1939 Amer. dial.
► ALTER COYOTE an old fogy → 1943 Amer. dial., often derisive
► ANAROOGIAN a very rural old fellow → 1912 Amer. dial.
► ANCIENT an old man; a quaint, old-fashioned person → 19C Eng. dial.
► ANTIQUE BOZO an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► APPLE-JOHN a foolish and probably impotent old man → L16 sl.
► ARTICHOKE a debauched old woman, esp. a hideous old prostitute → 19C sl.
► AUNT an old or talkative woman → a1425 obs.
► BABA 1. in Russia & other parts of Eastern Europe, & among people of Eastern European descent: a peasant woman; an old woman; a grandmother → 1882
2. in South Africa: a respectful form of address to, or title for, an older man → 1898
► BABU an ugly old man → 1921 W. Indies sl. 
► BABUSHKA in Russia: a grandmother; more generally: an elderly Russian woman; also used as a form of address → 1834
► BADGER an old man; usually used disparagingly → 1788 sl.
► BAG an old hag; any old woman → 1922 sl.
► BALDHEAD an old man, esp. as an ogler of young women. e.g. chorus-girls → 1868 sl.
► BALDIE ► BALDY an old man, not necessarily baldheaded→ 1899 US sl., orig. tramps’ & criminals’ 
► BARGE a large woman; a large old woman → 1865 sl.
► BAT an ugly old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BATTERED BULLY an old well-cudgelled and bruised huffing fellow; a man who has been in a few fights → 1680 UK sl.
► BATTERING RAM a formidable (older) woman; a quarrelsome, unattractive, old, or domineering person → 1930 US sl.
► BATTLEAX ► BATTLEAXE an old or elderly woman who is variously characterized as resentful, vociferous,  usually arrogant and no beauty → 1896 US sl.
► BATTLE CRUISER a formidable older woman → 1984 UK sl.
► BAUCHLE an old, decrepit, or shabby person; later, an insignificant, unimportant or worthless person → 1820 Sc.
► BAWBE a grandmother; an old lady → 1982 Jewish  (Bk.)
► BELDAM ► BELDAME an aged woman, a matron of advanced years → 1580
► BELL COW an old woman; a gossip; a scold → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BENCHER an old person, such as is found on benches in shopping malls, etc. → 20C teen & high school sl.
► BEVAR one who is worn out with age; a frail old person, one who trembles or totters → 1825 Sc.
► BID an old person → 2003 UK sl.
► BIDDY 1. an old woman, generally irritating or interfering; a fussy, mean, or quarrelsome old woman; usually as ‘old biddy’ → 1833 sl.
2. an old man → 1970 Amer. dial., derogatory 
► BLAZE-WIG ► BLEEZE-WIG a jocular term for an uproarious old man → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BODACH an old man → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOILER an unattractive (old) woman → 1965 sl., orig. Aust.
► BOOL a term of contempt for an old man → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BO-WOMAN an ugly old person; a witch → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BRAD an opprobrious epithet applied to an old man → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUBBER a nickname for an old woman with large pendulous breasts → 1889 Amer. dial.
► BUCK an old man → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BUFFER a foolish old person → 1749 Brit. sl.
► BUGGER an old man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUZZARD a contemptible old man; an old and unattractive person → 1641
► CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAGMAG a term of opprobrium applied to persons; a loose character; a disreputable old woman; a simpleton, a noodle → 19C Eng. dial.
► CAILLACH ► CAILLEACH an old Highland woman; a crone → 1814 Sc.
► CARLEY an old woman; a hag, a shrew; a witch → 1721 Ireland
► CARLIN ► CARLINE ► CARLING a woman, esp. an old one; often implying contempt or disparagement → a1300 chiefly Sc.
► CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman → 1785 sl.
► CAT-A-MOUNTAIN a shrew; a vixenish old woman → 1835 Eng. dial. sl.
► CHAT a general insult, usually aimed at an old man, esp. an alcoholic → 1960s Aust. sl.
► CHRISOM an old fogey → 1888 Eng. dial.
► CITIREEN an old resident, an old-timer, and old fogy of either sex, esp. one familiar with all the old signs and superstitions → 1929 Amer. dial.
► COE an odd old fellow → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► COLLIOCH ► COLLOUGH an old woman → 1814 Ireland
► COON a peculiar old fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COOSTER an old codger; a worn-out, retired libertine → 1930 Amer. dial.
► COOT a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old → colloq.
► COTTON an old man who tries to act youthful → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CRAMBAZZLE a worn-out, dissipated old man; an old man exhausted more by vicious indulgences or habits than by age → 19C Eng. dial.
► CREAKER an aged or old person → 1958 Amer. dial.
► CRINKLY an old person → sl., derogatory
► CROCK an old and worn-out person or thing; an old decrepit car → 1889 UK sl.
► CRONE a withered old woman → c1386
► CROW an unattractive old woman → 1866 sl. orig. US
► CRUMBLIE ► CRUMBLY an elderly person, older than a ‘wrinkly’; a person considered to be old or senile → 1976 sl.
► CUFF an old man; esp. a miserly old fellow → c1616 sl., contemptuous usage
► DAD an old man; a disrespectful term of address toward older men → 1950s Amer. sl. 
► DADDY one’s grandfather; an older man → 1883 Amer. dial.
► DADDY-GRAND one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DADDY-PAW one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DADS an old man → 18C sl.
► DAFFLER an old person in dotage → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAM a woman, esp. an old woman → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DANDY-CAP an old woman who pays much attention to dress → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEADHEAD an old man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DECREPIT an infirm old person → 1578
► DELO NAMMOW an old woman → M19 back-slang
► DILLO-NAMO an old woman → M19 Brit. costermongers’ back-slang
► DINOSAUR any person who is old or considered to be out of date, or both → 1970 US sl.
► DIRT-BOMB a dirty-minded old man → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DOBBIE a stupid fellow; a blockhead, a fool, a simpleton, a dolt; a childish old man, a dotard; an awkward fellow, a clown → 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DODO an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► D.O.M. a dirty old man → 1950s sl.
► DOMINE DO-LITTLE ► DOMINI ► DOMINI DO-LITTLE ► DOMINIE DO-LITTLE an impotent old man → L18 sl.
► DRIED UP FART an old man→ 1965 Amer. dial.
► DRY-FIST a contemptuous epithet for an old woman
► DUFFER a foolish, inept, or objectionable person; a foolish or objectionable old man → c1730
► DUFFY a doltish old man → 2002 UK sl.
► DUSTY a very old person, 70 years old and older → 1980s society usage
► ELD an old man → 1796 poetic usage
► FACE STRETCHER an old woman who attempts to look young → 1920s US sl.
► FAGGOT ► FAGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; an old or dissipated woman → 1591
► FAG-MA-FUFF a garrulous old woman → 1825 Sc. obs.
​► FAIRY a drunken old hag; a jaded, debauched and hideous old woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► FART an old man→ 1965 Amer. dial.
► FART-HEAD a conservative, traditional old person → 1990s sl.
► FAT COCK a fat old man → M19 sl.
► FATHER TIME an older man → 1922 US students’ sl.
► FLOB an old man → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FOGAY ► FOGEY ► FOGGI ► FOGY an old, eccentric person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FOGRAM an antiquated or old-fashioned person; a fussy old fellow → 1775
► FOXY GRANDPA a prankish old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude → 19C
► FUD an old-fashioned person; an ineffectual old fogy → 1942 colloq.
► FUDDY-DUDDY a fussy person; an old-fashioned person; an ineffectual old fogy → 1904 sl.
► FUNGUS an old man → 1910s sl.
► FUTZ a repulsive man, esp. an old one → 1930s US sl.
► GADGIE ► GADGY an old man → 1865 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAFFER an elderly rustic; an old fellow; also, simply, a fellow → 1589
► GAGGER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin → L16 sl.
► GAMALEERIE a foolish, clumsy person; an old dotard → 1880 Sc.
► GAMAR an old woman; a grandmother; the mistress of the house, good-wife; also used as a term of address → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GAMMER a rustic title for an old woman; it corresponds to ‘gaffer’ for a man → 1575
► GATFER an old man; a term of address to an old man → 1746 Eng. dial.
► GAUGIE a man, a bloke, a chap; an old man → 1865 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GEDWING an ancient-looking person; an antiquary → 1824 Sc.
► GEESER a male person; a fellow; orig. an old man → 1885 sl.
► GEEZ an offensive or dull-witted old person, usually a man; an odd or unusual fellow → 1977 US sl.
► GEEZER an old man; occasionally a woman; an offensive, or dull-witted old person, esp. a man; usually as ‘old geezer’ → 1882 US sl.
► GEEZLE an offensive or dull-witted old person, esp. a man → 1954 US sl.
► GERI a geriatric; an old or middle-aged person → 1977 sl.
► GERIATRIC 1. an old person receiving geriatric care; a patient in a geriatric ward or institution → 1974
2. an old or senile person → 1977
► GERITOL MOUSQUETEERS old people → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GERK an elderly simpleton; an old nerd → 1995 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GERRI ► GERRIE ► GERRY a geriatric; an old person → 1977 sl.
► GEYSER a male person; a fellow; orig. an old man → 1885 sl.
► GIB a term of reproach, esp. for an old woman → a1529
► GIBBY an old woman, generally bent with age → 1807 Eng. dial.
► GIFFER an old woman → 2013 US sl.
► GIMMER a woman, esp. an old one → c1850 colloq.
► GIN an old woman → 1893 sl. obs.
► GINNUMS an old woman, esp. if fond of liquor, e.g. gin → 1893 sl., obs.
► GLYDE an old useless person → c1782 Sc.
► GOBBLER an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GODMER an old woman → 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
► GOFF an old man → 1870 Eng. dial.
► GOLDEN-AGER an old person; a senior citizen → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GOMMER an old woman; a grandmother → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GOODGER an old man → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► GOODY an old woman → 1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GOOZLER an old man → 1952 Amer. dial.
► GRAMMER a grandmother; an old woman → 1746 Eng. dial.
► GRAMP an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRAMPY an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRANDMA an old woman; esp. used as a form of address → 1915 Amer. dial.
► GRANDPA an old man; also used as a term of address → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRANDPAPPA ► GRANDPAPPY ► GRANDPOP ► GRANPAPPA ► GRANPAPPY an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRANMA an old woman; esp. used as a form of address → 1902 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY 1. an old woman → 1698-88 colloq.
2. a fussy, finicky old person of either sex → 1842 Amer. dial. 
► GRAYBEARD ► GREYBEARD a man with a grey beard; hence, an old man → 1579
► GREY a grey-haired person, an old man → 1374 obs.
► GRIMALKIN an unpleasant old woman → L16 arch.
► GRIMSIR an austere, stern, morose, or overbearing person; a grim old man; a haughty or arrogant person in office → c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GRISEL ► GRISELLE ► GRIZZLE  a nickname for a grey-haired old man → 1390 obs.
► GRIZZLE-PATE a grey-headed old man → 1797
► GRUNTER an old person out of sympathy with current youth enthusiasms → 1980s sl.
► GUNPOWDER an old woman → L17 sl.
► HAG 1. an ugly, repulsive old woman; often implying viciousness or maliciousness → 1377
2. an old man; used as a jocular or opprobrious nickname → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HECKTY an old hag → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HIDE a woman, usually a very old one → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HUDDLE-DUDDLE a decrepit old person → 1599 obs.
► HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man → 1602
► HUNKSTER a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person; later, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser → 1842
► JIGGER a very lively, active old person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JILL-HOOTER an old man or woman given to grumbling or complaining → 19C Eng. dial.
► JIZZIE an unattractive or old woman → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► JUICER an old man → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KAIL RUNT a term of contempt applied esp. to an old woman → a1779 Sc.
► LAME DUCK a lame or incapacitated person, or one who is old, weak, or ineffective; an invalid; hence, someone or something of no use or value; an inefficient person → 1814 sl.
► LITTLE BIDDIE ► LITTLE BIDDY an attractive little girl or small old woman → 1940s African-American sl.
► LITTLE OLD LADY IN TENNIS SHOES used as a stereotype of an energetic, quirky old woman → 1984 US sl.
► LONG-BEARD an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LONG-HAIR an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUCKY-MINNIE a term of reproach to a woman; a term of abuse for an old woman → 1794 Sc.
► MACKABROIN an old hag → 1546 obs.
► MAHUGGER a sour, irascible old man → 1950 Sc.
► MOAK ► MOKE an old person, disrespectfully spoken to → 1855 Amer. sl.
► MONE an old woman, a crone → a1393 obs.
► MOSS-BACK an old or elderly person with old-fashioned or reactionary ideas or habits → 1873
► MOTHER BUNCH a fat or untidy old woman → 1847 sl.
► MOTHER OF THE MAWKINS a witch, hag, or uncanny old woman → 1891 obs. (Bk.)
► MOULDYCHAPS ► MOULDY CHOPS an old person; often used as a contemptuous form of address → 1595 obs., derogatory
► MUMPS an old woman; also, a form of address or term of mock endearment for a woman → 1576 obs., chiefly derogatory
► MUMPSIMUS a vague term of contempt; an old fogey → 1575 obs.
► MUTTON DRESSED LAMB-FASHION applied to an old woman dressed in  youthful style → 1810
► MZEE an old person; an elder → 1898 E. Afr.
► NABALITE a churlish or miserly person; a mean old person → 1645 obs.
► NEBSIE ► NEBSY an impudent old woman → 19C Sc.
► NESTOR the name of a Homeric hero famous for his age and wisdom; hence, an old man → 1588
► NIBSIE an impudent old woman → a1838 Sc. 
► OLD an old man, an old woman → c1375 obs.
► OLD BAG (disparaging) an unattractive, obnoxious, or unpleasant old woman; an old hag, any old woman → 1922 sl., orig. US
► OLD BAT a disagreeable, middle-aged or elderly woman; an unpleasant or despicable female; an unattractive or foolish old woman → 1886 UK sl.
► OLD BEAN an old person, seen affectionately or kindly → 1940s sl.
► OLD BIRD a person, usually an old one → 1915 sl.
► OLD BLOKE an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD BODY an old woman; occasionally used of a man → M19 sl.
► OLD BOILER an unattractive (old) woman → 1965 sl., orig. Aust.
► OLD BOLLOCKS an older man → 2000 UK sl.
► OLD BOY an old or older man; also, a term of address → 1600
► OLD BOZO an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD BUBA an old person who acts younger than their age → 1956 W. Indies sl.
► OLD BUCK an old man → 1940 Amer. dial.
► OLD BUFFER a foolish old person → 1749 Brit. sl.
► OLD BUZZARD an old and unattractive person → 19C sl.
► OLD CALICO an old woman → M19 US sl.
► OLD CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman → 1785 sl.
► OLD CHAP an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD CHOCKER an old fellow → M19 sl.
► OLD CHOOK a silly old woman → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD COCKER an old man, usually a disreputable one → 1949 sl., orig. US
► OLD CODGER a fellow; a man, with the implication of crotchety old age → M18 sl.
► OLD COOT a foolish or cantankerous old person; also used affectionately → M18 sl.
► OLD COVE an old or older man; often a term of familiar address → 17C sl.
► OLD COW a despicable old woman → 1864 Aust. sl.
► OLD CROCK a person or thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit → sl., chiefly Brit.
► OLD CROW an unattractive (old) woman → 1866 sl. orig. US
► OLD CUSS an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD DADDY one’s grandfather; an older man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD DEAR an old person, usually, but not always, a woman → 1899
► OLD DODO an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD DOG an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD DUCK an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD DUFFER an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLDER 1. a person advanced in life → c1440 obs.
2. a person superior in age, senior; chiefly in plural → 1483 obs.
► OLDER END old people → 1882 Eng. dial.
► OLDER HEAD an elderly person; an old-timer → 1891 Amer. dial.
► OLD FART an old or older person, esp. one who is unpleasant of disliked → 1937 UK sl.
► OLD FIGUREHEAD an old fellow → 1872 Amer. sl.
► OLD FOGEY ► OLD FOGY an old, eccentric person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD FRAGMENT an old man, an older man → 1905 sl.
► OLD GAFFER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin → L16 sl.
► OLD GAGER a rich old man → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► OLD GENT an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD GIRL, THE a woman, usually old → L18 sl.
► OLD GIT any man who is considered past his prime → 2000 UK sl.
► OLD GOBBLER an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD GOOF an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD GOOZLER an old man → 1952 Amer. dial.
► OLD GRABEM PUDDEN an old woman, whether one’s wife or mother → L19 rhyming sl
► OLD-GREY an old man, a greybeard → 1582 obs.
► OLD GUY an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HAG an old man; used as a jocular or opprobrious nickname → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD HAT an old person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► OLD HEAD an old-timer; an old person; a veteran, esp. a veteran convict → 1864 US sl.
► OLD HEN a woman, esp. an old one → 1919 sl.
► OLD HIGE a nagging old woman → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► OLD HORSE an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HOSS an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD HUNX a dirty old man; a miser → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLDIE ► OLDY an old person → 1799 sl., chiefly teen or youth usage
► OLDIE BUT GOODIE any person or thing that is old but still desirable → 1968 US sl.
► OLD JEEZER an old fellow → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD LAD a healthy old man; an old man who wears well → 1790 Eng. dial.
► OLD MARY an old woman, or anyone behaving like one → 1975 sl.
► OLD MOUSTACHE a vigorous old man with a grey moustache → L19 sl.
► OLDO an old person; an older person → 1959 sl.
► OLD ONE an old woman → 1818 chiefly Irish
► OLD PARTY an old man or woman → M19 sl.
► OLD POD an old man → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► OLD POT an old man, esp. one’s father → 1893 sl., orig. Aust.
► OLDS old persons; old ones of a set or class; parents → 1883 colloq.
► OLD SCUDDER an old man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD SEED-FOLKS ancestors, old-timers → 1905 Amer. dial.
► OLD SHOT an old, crafty person → 1890 Aust. sl.
► OLD-SIR an old man → 1586 obs.
► OLD SKATE an old man → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD SNOSHIE a fat, comfortable old man → 1899 Sc.
► OLDSTER an old person, or a more experienced person → 1818 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► OLD STIFF an old man → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD-TIMER an old man → Aust. sl.
► OLD TOAST a brisk old fellow fond of his liquor; one who drinks to excess; a boon companion → 1698 sl. obs.
► OLD TROT an old woman → 1350
► OLD TROUT an unattractive (old) woman → 1897 sl.
► OLD ‘UN an old person, esp. a parent → 1831 sl.
► OLD WHISKERS an old man → 1828 sl.
► OLD WIFE an old woman; now usually disparaging → 1340
► OLD YOUTH a healthy old man; an old man who wears well → 1790 Eng. dial.
► PANTALOON a term of contempt applied to an enfeebled, tottering old man; a dotard, an old fool → 1602 obs.
► PAP a grandfather; an old man → 1955 Amer. dial.
► PAPPY an old man → 1940s sl.
► PAPPY GUY an old man → 1900s US tramps’ sl.
► PAUCHLE ► PAWCHLE a feeble old person, a tottering old body → 1824 Sc.
► PHIZ-GIG an old woman dressed young → 19C sl.
► PIGTAIL an old man → 1810 colloq.
► PRETERITE an old person, esp. a woman → L19 UK society sl.
► PUSSY an old woman, usually a spinster, who is inquisitive and meddling → 1920s sl.
► RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags  → 1910s sl.
► RANSIE-LUGGED CARLE an old man who retains a high complexion → 1825 Sc.
► REBEC ► REBECK an old woman: in reproach → 1383 colloq.
► REMNANT a feeble old creature, the wreck of a man → 1826 Sc.
► RIBIBE a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman → c1386 obs.
► RUDAS a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman; an ill-natured, ugly old woman; a virago → 1725 Sc.
► RUNT an old person, typically a woman; esp. one who is ill-tempered or disagreeable → a1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl → 19C sl.
► RUTTERKIN an old crafty fox; a sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully; a term of contempt → 1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SAINT-AGNES TÔTLE a stupid old fool → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SASHMAREE an ancient female conspicuous for the quaintness of her finery → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SCHFATZER an old or elderly man → 1930s sl.
► SCRANNY an ill-natured, wrinkled old woman → 1824 Sc.
► SCRATE an old woman → 19C
► SCUDDER an old man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SEED FEATHERS ancestors, old-timers → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SEED-FOLKS ancestors, old-timers → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SILVER-TIP. an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SIRE a person of some note or importance; an aged or elderly man; also, generally, a man, a fellow → 1362
► SKATE an old person → 1900s US sl.
► STRY a woman regarded as old, malevolent, unattractive, etc. → 1300 obs.
► TAB an old maid; any oldish woman → 1909 theatrical sl.
► TABBY an old or elderly maiden lady; an old maid; sometimes applied to any spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler → 1761 
► TACKNE an old ridiculous person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► TAD an old man → 1877 colloq.
► TAFFY an old person → 1900s W. Indies sl.
► TAFFY GOAT an old person → 1933 W. Indies sl.
► TAFFY RAM an old person → 1933 W. Indies sl.
► TANNIE a title of respect used to refer to an old woman; also used as a term of address → 1958 S. Afr. colloq.
► TATA father, an affectionate and respectful title for an old man → 1793 W. Indies
► TATARAM a foolish old man, esp. one with sex on his mind → 1996 W. Indies
► TERRAPIN a shrewish old woman → 1897 Amer. dial.
► TROUT an unattractive (old) woman → 1897 sl.
► TWICHILD one who is ‘twice a child’; an old man in his second childhood; also, one’s second childhood → c1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► VACK an old woman → 20C Aust. sl.
► VECCHIO an old man → c1570 obs.
► VECKE ► VEKKE an old woman → 1390 obs.
► VEILLE an old woman → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► VELYARD an old man → c1520 obs.
► VET an old-timer, an ageing or experienced person → 1910s sl.
► WAFFLE a disliked person, esp. an old person with wrinkled skin → 1934 Amer. sl.
► WALRUS an old man → 1945 jive usage (Bk.)
► WAR HORSE an old person still active or enthusiastic; a tough old person → 1980 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
► WICKER an old, cross-grained woman → 1824 Sc. obs.
► WICKERTON an old, cross-grained woman → 1824 Sc. obs.
► WRINKLE an old person → 1920s sl.
► WRINKLIE ► WRINKLY anyone as old or older than one’s parents → 1920s sl., chiefly UK
► YOUNG-OLD an old person who has the mental or physical characteristics of one who is younger → 1558
► ZAKEIN an old man → 1982 Jewish (Bk.)
► ZEKEINA an old woman → 1982 Jewish (Bk.)
► ZIFF an older person → 1924 Aust. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► GERIATRICIAN an expert in geriatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the health of old people → 1934
► GERONTOLOGIST an expert in, or student of, gerontology (study of old age and of the process of ageing) → 1941

PHRASES
► ALL THERE WITH HIS COUGHDROPS usually said of an old person whose mind is particularly alert → Brit. sl.
► DON’T TRAVEL LIKE A COLT NO MORE said of one getting old and worn-out → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GETTING OVER IN ONE’S BOOK getting old, near the last chapter or page of one’s life → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HIS HEAD LOOKS AS IF IT HAS WORN OUT TWO BODIES said of someone old and wrinkled → 1937 Amer. dial.
► MORE WRINKLES ON HIS HORNS said of a person who has become older and wiser → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► MUCH NEED OF A WIFE AS A DOG OF A SIDE-POCKET, AS said of a worn-out old man → L19 sl.

VERBS
► AGE OUT to grow too old to continue in a particular vocation → 1971 Amer. dial.
► BREAK to grow old or weak; to show signs of aging → 1800 Amer. dial.
► DOTE to have one’s intellect or mental faculties impaired due to old age → c1275
► ELD 1. to grow old → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to make old → c1400 obs.
► FALTER to fail in health; to show signs of old age; to break up in constitution → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLY OFF ONE’S JIB to become old or be in poor health → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL AND THE OTHER IN A GRAVE to be severely ill or very old, slipping toward death → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KAIM A GRAY HEAD to live to old age; generally used negatively (kaim = comb) → 1914 Sc.
► LIVE TO MAKE OLD BONES to live to an old age → 1873
► LIVE TO SCRAT A GREY HEAD to live to be old (scrat = scratch) → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE OLD BONES to live to an old age → 1828
► OLD to grow old → c825 obs.
► OLDEN to grow old, to become older in appearance or character; to age → 1827
► SAG to decline in health; to begin to show signs of old age → 1784 Eng. dial.
► SCART A GREY POW 1. to be old or advanced in years → 1890 Sc.
2. to grow old → 1890 Sc.