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Etymology

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Blend of ill +‎ elderly

Noun

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illderly pl (plural only)

  1. (with definite article, collective) Old people who are in poor health: unhealthy senior citizens.
    Antonym: wellderly
    Hypernyms: elderly; see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms
    the illderly
    at-home nursing care for the illderly