翁おう媼おう

noun

old man and old woman; elderly couple

Obsolete literary term for an elderly man and woman, often as a pair. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by expressions like 老夫婦 or おじいさんとおばあさん.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには「翁おう媼おう」という言こと葉ばが時とき折おり見みられる。

  The word 翁媼 is occasionally seen in classical literature.