SuaviloquyToday’s word

aged

Aged, a.

1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

2. Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." Shak.

3. Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for aged; he lists it under old.

Where he writes about it:

New is opposed to old, modern to ancient, recent to remote, young to old, aged, etc. — from new
Aged applies chiefly to long-extended human life. — from old
One may be aged and neither decrepit nor senile. — from old