adj
Meaning 1
From or relating to a previous era.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- olden days, olden times
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Standard Lemma guide
olden
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊl.dn̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊl.dən/
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General-American: /ˈoʊldn̩/
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General-American: /ˈoʊldən/
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rhymes with -əʊldən
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 L D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Old; ancient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive, rare
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
long past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- olden days
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History
Etymology
From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”). Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).
Variant of Alden.
From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).