GEEZERHOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A late time of life

Example:

on the brink of geezerhood

Synonyms:

age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("geezerhood" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Meronyms (parts of "geezerhood"):

mid-sixties; sixties (the time of life between 60 and 70)

mid-seventies; seventies (the time of life between 70 and 80)

eighties; mid-eighties (the time of life between 80 and 90)

mid-nineties; nineties (the time of life between 90 and 100)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geezerhood"):

dotage; second childhood; senility (mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations)

Derivation:

geezer (a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric)