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old-fashioned - 4 dictionary results

old-fash⋅ioned

[ohld-fash-uhnd]
–adjective
1. of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
2. favored or prevalent in former times: old-fashioned ideas.
3. having the conservative behavior, ways, ideas, or tastes of earlier times: a delightfully old-fashioned gentleman.

Origin:
1645–55


old-fash⋅ioned⋅ly, adverb
old-fash⋅ioned⋅ness, noun


1. outmoded, obsolete. See ancient 1 .
old-fash·ioned   (ōld'fāsh'ənd)
adj.  
  1. Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.
  2. Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time: old-fashioned parents.
n.  A cocktail made of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and fruit.

Old-fashioned

Old`-fash"ioned\, a. Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." --Addison.

This old-fashioned, quaint abode. --Longfellow.
Language Translation for : old-fashioned
Spanish: anticuado, pasado de moda,
German: altmodisch,
Japanese: 時代遅れの

old-fashioned 
1596, "in an outdated style," from old + fashion (q.v.). As a type of cocktail, attested from 1901, Amer.Eng.
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