adj
Meaning 1
From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He likes to listen to old-time music.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
old-time
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adj
Meaning 2
Ancient; persisting since ancient times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- houses with quaint thatched roofs
- a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quaint, olde worlde
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English old Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English old-time From old + time.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: старинен (starinen) — old-fashioned
- Bulgarian: старовремски (starovremski) — old-fashioned
- Esperanto: malmoderna — old-fashioned
- French: vétuste — old-fashioned
- Latin: vetustus — old-fashioned
- Swedish: gammaldags — old-fashioned
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