<p>There are many words relating to old age, aging, and the elderly, and this compendium of words seeks to help you understand almost two thousand of them.</p>

<p>Most of these words are unusual, rare, obsolete, archaic, wonderful, marvelous, arcane, and even preposterous. All of them apply to the aged, a group that makes up an increasing portion of the population-particularly in the United States, Europe, and Japan.</p>

<p>Here are just a few of the interesting words you'll learn:</p>

• Cenotaph: a monument erected as a memorial to a dead person or dead people buried elsewhere, especially those killed fighting a war</br>
• Lethonomia: a tendency to forget, or inability to recall, names</br>
• Oligoria: disinterest in former friends or hobbies</p>

<p>Listed alphabetically with pronunciation keys, the words are categorized under forty-eight headings. For example, in the "end-of-life" category, you'll find the word feuillemorte, which is the wan, yellow color of death. Under "retirement," you'll find ecesis, which is the acclimatization to retirement, and Opagefaengris, a prison for retired male criminals in Singen, Germany.</p>

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