Of Age

Definition: Of Age

Of Age

Adjective

1. Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Of Age

Adolescence

Verb: come of age, come to man's estate, come to years of discretion; attain majority, assume the toga virilis; have cut one's eyeteeth, have sown one's mild oats.

Noun: adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism; adultness; Adjective: manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age; flower of age; prime of life, meridian of life, spring of life.

Adjective: adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; womanly, matronly; marriageable, nubile.

Crosswords: Of Age

The benefits, you see, of age and seniority (The Equalizer; writing credit: Grenville Casey; Loraine Despres)

He looked to me to be the eyes of age as he spoke right out (Mr. Bojangles; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Of age (Edge of Seventeen; performing artist: Stevie Nicks)

Coming of Age (1938)

Hearts of Age (1934)

A Question of Age (1912)

Coming of Age (1989)

Kayko: Coming of Age (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Finite Groups Coming of Age (Contemporary Mathematics, Volume 45) (reference)

• Skeletal maturity of children 6-11 years, United States; skeletal age (hand-wrist), onset of ossification, and bone-specific skeletal ages by chronological age and sex of boys and girls 6-11 years of age, as assessed by the health examination survey stand (reference)

• Basic data on anthropometric measurements and angular measurements of the hip and knee joints for selected age groups 1-74 years of age, United States, 1971-1975 (reference)

• Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa (reference)

• Asleep, to Dream in Seattle: Coming of Age in a Cultural Dustbin (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Citizen Welles - The Stranger, The Trial, Hearts of Age (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC.

The virion is variable in shape and size (average diameter of between 120-300nm). RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age. Credit: CDC.

Caption: Marion Estelle Edison at 8 Years of Age; Ca. 1881; {14.312/5} (jpg).

Some people think they come of age when they've been burnt by gonorrhea, but if they've been burnt by AIDS they may never come of age. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Unidentified man, about 40 years of age and a boy about 14 years of age, full-length portraits, nearly facing front, the man, seated, looking slightly to the left, his arm around the waist of the boy standing to the left, looking slightly to the right. Credit: Library of Congress.

High school boys and girls in trucks going to pick peas. Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho. No one under fifteen years of age was hired. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower High School, noted country day school for pupils from three to eighteen years of age. Students looking through a stereoptic instrument. Credit: Library of Congress.

Men wanted over 31 years of age for American Red Cross foreign service / P.I.B. 18. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)

If any body should ask me, when my son is of age to be free? I shall answer, just when his monarch is of age to govern. (Second Treatise of Government)

But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. (reference)

Differences of age and sex have no longer any distinctive social validity for the working class. (reference)

Option by a husband will cover his wife and option by parents will cover their children under 18 years of age. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair

What was now upon his forehead was not the wrinkle of age, it was the mysterious mark of death

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Honey is safe for persons 1 year of age and older. (references)

The years usually referred to as adolescence lie between 13 and 18 years of age. (references)

In men and women 65 years of age and older, calcium intake of less than 600 mg/day is common. (references)

Business

After reaching ten years of age, cars must be scrapped or face hefty road taxes. (references)

The ILO reported that 18 percent of children 12 to 14 years of age work, often for parents or relatives. (references)

Children's Fund (UNICEF), in 1995 China's mortality rate for children under 5 years of age was 47 per 1,000 live births. (references)

Children

Algeria

It provides free education for children 6 to 15 years of age. (references)

Panama

Minors (under 18 years of age) represent 48 percent of the population. (references)

Jordan

Rape or sodomy of a child under 15 years of age carries the death penalty. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iceland

All citizens 16 years of age and above must pay a church tax of approximately $5.50 (554.24 krona) per month. (references)

Algeria

The Family Code does not permit married females under 19 years of age to travel abroad without their husband's permission, although this provision generally is not followed in practice. (references)

Lebanon

All men between 18 and 21 years of age are subject to compulsory military service and are required to register at a recruitment office and obtain a travel authorization document before leaving the country. (references)

Economic History

Serbia and Montenegro

Suffrage: 16 years of age if employed; universal at 18. (references)

India

Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. (references)

Togo

Education: Attendance (2000)--62% of age group 5-19 enrolled. (references)

Human Rights

Malta

The juvenile court hears cases involving persons under 16 years of age. (references)

Peru

In women's prisons, children 3 years of age and younger live with their jailed mothers. (references)

Colombia

Andres Felipe Navas, kidnaped at 21/2 years of age by the FARC in April 2000, was released in November. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

The 2000 census lists the total indigenous population as 8.65 million: 6.8 million native indigenous dialect speakers over 5 years of age, 1.3 million children under 5 who live in households of native indigenous dialect speakers, and 1.1 million individuals who identified themselves as indigenous, but do not speak an indigenous dialect. (references)

Minorities

Romania

Illiteracy among Roma over 45 years of age approaches 30 percent. (references)

Greece

The research also concluded that the average life expectancy of Roma is below 60 years of age. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

There is evidence that SPLA-allied militias sometimes used children as young as 12 years of age in combat roles. (references)

PARAGUAY

Children between 12 and 15 years of age may be employed only in family enterprises, apprenticeships, or in agriculture. (references)

CANADA

Generally, workers must be 17 years of age to work in an industry under federal jurisdiction, e.g. railways, airlines and shipping. (references)

Political Rights

Solomon Islands

Suffrage is universal for those 18 years of age and over. (references)

Uganda

Universal suffrage is accorded to adults 18 years of age and older. (references)

Croatia

Citizens over 18 years of age have the right to vote by secret ballot. (references)

Travel

New Zealand

The public sector provides free treatment at hospitals for emergency and major problems, including maternity and geriatric care and free dental treatment for those under 18 years of age. (references)

Korea

The American businessperson, as a foreigner, is generally exempt from the above societal classification system, though one should be prepared to answer questions that Koreans may regard as common to establish societal hierarchy but which foreigners may regard as personal, such as questions of age, marital status, and wage earnings. (references)

Romania

Articles exempted from duty include: Personal effects and medicine required, in rational amounts, for the duration of the trip, personal jewelry, personal laptops, books, publications and recordings of all types, slides and other similar items for personal use, articles received as prizes or distinctions at official events, alcoholic beverages (2 liters of liquor, 4 liters wine, 4 liters beer), cigarettes (200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 250 gr. tobacco) for use of individuals over 16 years of age, other articles of all kinds with an aggregate value of 100 Euros. (references)

Women

Thailand

This figure includes children under 18 years of age and foreigners. (references)

India

It was found in Assam that 30 percent of rape cases involved girls below 18 years of age. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Family law prohibits divorce during pregnancy and while a child is younger than 1 year of age. (references)

Worker Rights

Guinea

Apprentices may start to work at 14 years of age. (references)

Bahrain

The minimum age for employment is 14 years of age. (references)

Suriname

School attendance is compulsory until 12 years of age. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "of age": be of age ♦ come of age ♦ coming of age ♦ misstatement of age ♦ town redolent of age. Additional references.

Czech

stát se plnoletým (come of age), dosáhnout zletilosti (come of age), být plnoletý (be of age). (various references)

Danish

fejloplysning vedrørende alder (misstatement of age). (various references)

Dutch

onjuiste leeftijdsopgave (misstatement of age), onbekwaamverklaarde meerderjarige (person major of age who is under judicial disability;disqualified person), meerderjarig worden (to become major of age), curandus (person major of age who is under judicial disability;disqualified person). (various references)

Finnish

täysiikäinen (major). (various references)

French

majeur sous tutelle (person major of age who is under judicial disability;disqualified person), majeur interdit (person major of age who is under judicial disability;disqualified person), déclaration d'âge erronée (misstatement of age), atteindre la majorité (to become major of age). (various references)

German

volljährig (adult, full-grown, grown-up), mündig (appetizing, full-bodied, responsible, Savory, savoury). (various references)

Greek 

ενηλικιώνομαι (come of age), ενηλικίωση (adultness, coming of age), ανακριβής δήλωση ηλικίας (misstatement of age). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"�'יע לפרקו (be mature, come of age), לב�'ור (come of age, grow up, mature). (various references)

Hungarian

majdnem hatvan éves (near sixty years of age), közel van a hatvanhoz (near sixty years of age). (various references)

Indonesian

dewasa (adult, grown up, marriageable, mature), akilbalig (grown up, legally responsible). (various references)

Italian

raggiungere la maggiore et� (to become major of age), l'interdetto (person major of age who is under judicial disability;disqualified person), diventare maggiorenne (to become major of age), dichiarazione falsa dell'et� (misstatement of age). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

致仕 (resignation, seventy years of age), � � (coming of age ceremony), 未�'年 (minority, not of age), 未成年 (minority, not of age), 才未満 (less than ... years old, under ... years of age), 年齢� � (by priority of age), 八十路 (eighty years of age), � 者 (young man come of age, young person, young servant), � (best, cap, crown, designating, diadem, first, initiating on coming of age, naming, peerless, top character radical), 一人前になる (to become fully qualified, to come of age). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ね�"れいじゅ�" (by priority of age), さいみま�" (less than ... years old, under ... years of age), かか�" (between equipment, bold, coming of age ceremony, corolla, determined, garland, getting a bird's eye view, looking down on, Milky Way, resolute, wreath), か�"むり (best, cap, crown, designating, diadem, first, initiating on coming of age, naming, peerless, top character radical), か�"じゃ (a patient, a spy, young man come of age, young person, young servant), か�" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), かじゃ (young man come of age, young person, young servant), いちに�"まえになる (to become fully qualified, to come of age), やそじ (eighty, eighty years of age), みせいね�" (minority, not of age), ちし (fatal, lethal, resignation, seventy years of age, topography, wisdom tooth). (various references)

Pig Latin

ofay ageay.(various references)

Portuguese

maior de idade (major). (various references)

Romanian

oraş cu atmosferã arhaicã (town redolent of age), fi major (be of age), atinge majoratul (come of age). (various references)

Russian 

созревать (come of age, mature, season). (various references)

Scottish

seachlach (a heifer barren though of age to bear a calf). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stasati (come of age, mature). (various references)

Spanish

ser mayor de edad (be of age), mayoridad (coming of age), declaración de edad falseada (misstatement of age), alcanzar la mayoría de edad (come of age). (various references)

Swedish

myndig (adult, authoritative, commanding, full-grown, grown-up, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, major, overbearing). (various references)

Turkish

yaşı tutan, reşit (of full age, of sound mind), ergin (full grown, grown up, mature, of full age, pubescent, ripe). (various references)

Ukrainian

досягти повноліття (be of age, come of age). (various references)

Welsh

blwydd (year of age, year-old). (various references)

adultus, adultus (adj.). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: age, ago, ego, fag, foe, fog, gae, goa, oaf.

-3 letters: ae, ag, ef, fa, go, oe, of.

+1 letter: forage.

+2 letters: dogface, fagoted, fagoter, flotage, flowage, foggage, foliage, footage, foraged, forager, forages, forgave, fromage.

+3 letters: dogfaces, faggoted, fagoters, flagpole, flexagon, floatage, floorage, flotages, flowages, foggages, foliaged, foliages, footages, footgear, foragers, fromages, frontage, frottage, gatefold, leapfrog, longleaf, offstage.

+4 letters: afterglow, defoaming, doughface, factorage, farragoes, flageolet, flagpoles, flagstone, flexagons, floatages, floodgate, floorages, flowerage, footgears, forestage, forgather, forgeable, fosterage, frontages, frottages, gatefolds, gerfalcon, godfather, leapfrogs, offstages, ossifrage, xenograft.