إَسَنُّ

More [and most] advanced in age: (M, L, K:) a correct Arabic word. (M, L.) You say, هٰذَا أَسَنُّ مِنْ هٰذَا This is more advanced in age than this: (M, L, K: *) and Th says, speaking of Moosà Ibn-'Eesà-Leythee, أَدْرَكْتُهُ أَسَنَّ أَهْلِ البَلَدِ [meaning I lived in his time, he being the most advanced in age of the people of the town, or country]. (M, L.)