age-revealing
|age-re-veal-ing|
/ˈeɪdʒ rɪˈviːlɪŋ/
shows someone's age
Etymology
'age-revealing' originates from modern English, formed by combining the noun 'age' and the present participle 'revealing', from the verb 'reveal'.
'reveal' comes from Latin 'revelare' (re- + velare 'to veil'), passed into Old French as 'reveler' and Middle English 'revelen' before becoming the modern English 'reveal'. 'age' comes from Old English 'æġ' meaning 'age, lifetime'. These elements combined in modern English to form the compound 'age-revealing'.
Initially 'reveal' originally meant 'to remove a veil' and later 'to make known'; combined with 'age' the compound's meaning is 'making someone's age known'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
tending to reveal a person's age; likely to make someone's age obvious or easily guessed.
That outfit is a bit age-revealing; it makes her look older than she is.
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Last updated: 2026/01/21 23:56