Definition of AULD

auld

Adjective Satellite

  • a Scottish word
    • "auld lang syne"

Adj

  • Old.

Adjective

  • Old.

Examples

  • For auld lang syne, we played one last game of Words with Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Scots auld or from Northern Middle English auld, aulde, awld, awlde, ald, alde, from Northumbrian Old English ald, variant of Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, nourished, matured”). Compare cognate Latin altus (“nourished, raised, grown; tall”). Doublet of old.

Synonyms

aged, eldern, hoary, old

Scrabble Score: 5

auld: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
auld: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
auld: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

auld: valid Words With Friends Word