profundaĝa

Esperanto

Etymology

profunda (“deep”) +‎ aĝo (“age”) +‎ -a +‎ adjectival suffix.

Adjective

profundaĝa (accusative singular profundaĝan, plural profundaĝaj, accusative plural profundaĝajn)

  1. elderly, extremely old
    Abraham [...] mortis en bona maljuneco, profundaĝa kaj sata de vivo. (L.L. Zamenhof (translator), Old Testament, Genesis 25:8)
    Abraham [...] died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years (literally, deeply old and replete with life).

Synonyms

  • maljunega
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