-year-old
Suffix
-year-old- Suffix used to indicate the age of something or someone, in terms of years.
- 2011, September 28, Tom Rostance, Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos, But the home side were ahead in the eighth minute through 18-year-old Oxlade-Chamberlain.
- 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, Finland spreads word on schools, Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16....Children address teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes' homework a night.
- A seventy-year-old man's body was found in a river last night.
Usage notes
The suffix is used for nouns as well as adjectives, e.g.
I am in love with a thirty-year-old. (noun)
The 200-year-old remains were found last night. (adjective)