Bedgotten

Bedgotten: adjective. An archaic term for someone who is very healthy despite their advanced age. This term may seem counterintuitive to some, but that's just the late 1500's for ya. The word first appears in poetry composed by a man for William III, as a love sonnet to describe his undying love for the royal. The man also happened to be 76 years old, so the use of the word bedgotten is actually quite apt. It is unknown if his royal highness ever heard the poetry, but scholars have argued that he did and it fact contributed to his untimely death, caused by falling off a horse.