Methuselah
a patriarch who lived 969 years. Genesis 5:27.
an extremely old man.
a very large wine bottle holding 6½ quarts (6 liters).
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How to use Methuselah in a sentence
Twenty years have passed since I first met Aubrey de Grey, the man with the Methuselah beard.
The bird is fine, the bird is fine, the bird is fine, it’s dead. | Jonathan Weiner | October 20, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewLloyd was in his mid-40s when he first played Doc Brown, who appears to be the age of Methuselah.
Christopher Lloyd is still playing characters who are unhinged — and larger than life | Karen Heller | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostAnd Anthony Hopkins as Noah's hammy 969-year-old grandpa, Methuselah, who was apparently an incorrigible berry addict.
‘Noah’ Review: An Ambitious, Flawed Biblical Tale That You Have to See | Andrew Romano | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Joey got a year in the pokey, then I hope Bernard L. Madoff lives as long as Methuselah and spends all 969 years behind bars.
They came back in the old creaking buckboard with Methuselah the old, old white horse, and the Toyman.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
Now, I should admire to know how long that old codger's going to live; he must be as old as Methuselah's cat by this time.
A Changed Heart | May Agnes FlemingThe vice-president of the Methuselah, the one who attends to all their real estate, is Mr. Carkendale.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Brander MatthewsI shall never marry anybody, if I live to be as old as—as you, or Methuselah, or anybody.
The Doctor's Family | Mrs. (Margaret) OliphantThen came the final redactor, who interpolated the groundwork and the Methuselah sections, adding two others from his own pen.
British Dictionary definitions for Methuselah (1 of 2)
/ (məˈθjuːzələ) /
a wine bottle holding the equivalent of eight normal bottles
British Dictionary definitions for Methuselah (2 of 2)
/ (mɪˈθjuːzələ) /
Old Testament a patriarch supposed to have lived 969 years (Genesis 5:21–27) who has come to be regarded as epitomizing longevity: Douay spelling: Mathusala
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Cultural definitions for Methuselah
[ (muh-thooh-zuh-luh) ]
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