Superannuated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superannuate \Su`per*an"nu*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Superannuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superannuating}.] [Pref.
     super- + L. annus a year.]
     1. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
        --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other
        infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  superannuated
       adj 1: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
              pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: {retired}]
       2: too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support
          of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
          [syn: {overage}, {overaged}, {over-the-hill}]
       3: old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete
          words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment";
          "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas" [syn: {obsolete},
           {outdated}, {out-of-date}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "superannuated":
     Gothic, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, antediluvian, antiquated,
     antique, archaic, classical, deserted, discontinued, disused,
     done with, emeritus, fossil, fossilized, grown old, in retirement,
     medieval, mid-Victorian, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete,
     of other times, old, old-fashioned, old-world, on pension,
     on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded,
     outworn, past use, pensioned, pensioned off, petrified,
     relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, superannuate,
     superseded, worn-out