age-old

[ eyj-ohld ]

/ ˈeɪdʒˌoʊld /

ancient; from time immemorial: an age-old tradition.

Origin of age-old

First recorded in 1900–05

I meant the age-old motivator, fear—stoking fear in their base of what a Republican Senate would look like.

How Can Dems Be Losing to These Idiots? |Michael Tomasky |October 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.

Male Birth Control, Without Condoms, Will Be Here by 2017 |Samantha Allen |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Finally, some solid facts in the age-old debate: Does marriage make you live longer or does it just seem longer?

P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks |P. J. O’Rourke |April 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is called “being offended,” and it is an age-old Russian national pastime, both on an individual level and more broadly.

Don’t You Dare Call Russians Thin-Skinned! |Liesl Schillinger |February 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

You, and millions like you, may have recently discovered meditation, an age-old practice dating back to the 1st millenium BCE.

These 7 iPhone Apps for Meditation Make Us Want To Inhale, Exhale, Inhale, Exhale |Courtney Boyd Myers |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was the age-old tragic comedy of a false friend's treachery and a woman's weakness; a duel, and the wrong man slain.

The Master of Appleby |Francis Lynde
Behind these age-old, massive buildings the Pyramids showed spectrally.

The Tour |Louis Couperus
The age-old beauty of the Hebrew literature was a never failing spring at which he refreshed his soul.

Comrade Yetta |Albert Edwards
"It's the age-old story," he went on, again sweeping the lock of hair from before his flashing glance.

The Wrong Twin |Harry Leon Wilson
This one,” Lester said, choosing not to notice, “this one is the realization of an age-old project.

Makers |Cory Doctorow