ageable

comparative more ageable · superlative most ageable

1. Capable of being aged; suitable for ageing.

   An ageable wine with great character and poise.

   2009, Wine Enthusiast, volume 23, numbers 1-7, page 91

2. dateddialectalinformalGetting on in years; fairly old.

   She looked like an ageable woman but Wes was young and supple as a boy.

   1932, Julia Mood Peterkin, Bright Skin, page 39

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   I received your letter by the bearer, and in reply to it I have to state that my father is an ageable man now, and not able to attend to the time appointed by your Honour.

   1842, Great Britain. Parliament, House of Commons Papers, volume 12, page 456

   They had no children, and they were getting to be up in years—“ageable” as Took described it.

   2009, Sara F. Munday, Becoming Myself: A Passage of Grace, page 77