Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
- adjective Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time.
- noun A cocktail made of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and fruit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed in a fashion which has become obsolete; antiquated: as, an old-fashioned dress.
- Partaking of the old style or old school; characterized by antiquated fashions or customs; suited to the tastes of former times.
- Characterized by or resembling a person of mature years, judgment, and experience; hence, precocious: as, an old-fashioned child.
- Synonyms and Ancient, Old, Antique, etc. See
ancient .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old customs, styles, or ideas.
- adjective Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded{2}; out-of-date.
- adjective Unfashionably out of date; out of style.
- noun A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of a thing,
outdated or no longer invogue . - adjective Of a person,
preferring thecustoms ofearlier times. - noun A
whiskey -basedcocktail
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices
- adjective out of fashion
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That's what you call an old-fashioned pitchers duel, I guess," Weaver said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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"That's what you call an old-fashioned pitchers duel, I guess," Weaver said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The book, which is aimed at children aged nine to 11, is described as an "old-fashioned fable in a modern setting".
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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These days doctors don’t smoke while they’re treating you, but Shrager was what was known as an old-fashioned family doctor even then.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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There are three primary arm-wrestling styles: the power slam, the over-the-top move and what Camp described as the "old-fashioned hook."
New York's Most Feared Bicep Scott Cacciola 2011
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So we might as well call it old-fashioned evil as long as we understand that evil means nothing more than the howling emptiness of a soul with nothing to give.
The Promised World Lisa Tucker 2009
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So we might as well call it old-fashioned evil as long as we understand that evil means nothing more than the howling emptiness of a soul with nothing to give.
The Promised World Lisa Tucker 2009
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So we might as well call it old-fashioned evil as long as we understand that evil means nothing more than the howling emptiness of a soul with nothing to give.
The Promised World Lisa Tucker 2009
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That’s a retronym, a phrase with a modifier fixing a meaning to a noun that needed no modifier before: The shift to night baseball created day baseball, just as the invention of the electric guitar required us to call the old-fashioned instrument an acoustic guitar.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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That’s a retronym, a phrase with a modifier fixing a meaning to a noun that needed no modifier before: The shift to night baseball created day baseball, just as the invention of the electric guitar required us to call the old-fashioned instrument an acoustic guitar.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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