centuried C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈsɛntʃərid/ UK /ˈsɛntʃərid/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj aged or enduring through centuries; centuries old The centuried oaks shaded the abbey's crumbling cloister. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · aged or enduring through... ancientage-old ↔ Opposites newrecent Word family Related forms centurycenturial Etymology AI details From century (Latin centuria, 'a hundred', from centum, 'hundred') + the adjectival suffix -ed. centuria Latin centum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # centuried **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛntʃərid/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛntʃərid/ ## Meanings 1. aged or enduring through centuries; centuries old ## Examples - The centuried oaks shaded the abbey's crumbling cloister. ## Synonyms - ancient - age-old ## Antonyms - new - recent ## Related Forms - century - centurial ## Roots and Affixes - Root: centuria - Root: centum ## Etymology From century (Latin centuria, 'a hundred', from centum, 'hundred') + the adjectival suffix -ed. ## AI Etymology Centuried comes from century (Latin centuria, 'a hundred', from centum, 'hundred') + the adjectival suffix -ed. The historical trail runs through centuria in Latin and centum in Latin. Morphologically, centuried is transparent: it draws on century (Latin centuria, 'a hundred', from centum, 'hundred') + the adjectival suffix -ed. Used as an adjective, centuried now means "aged or enduring through centuries; centuries old", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as century and centurial. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown