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Etymology

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Blend of well +‎ elderly

Noun

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wellderly pl (plural only)

  1. (with definite article, collective) Old people who are in good health: healthy senior citizens.
    Antonym: illderly
    Hypernyms: elderly; see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms
    the welderly
    hiking vacations for the welderly