Old-fashioned

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Old-fashioned \Old`-fash"ioned\, a.
     Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern;
     belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old
     customs, styles, or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl;
     old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. "Old-fashioned men of
     wit." --Addison.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           This old-fashioned, quaint abode.        --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been
        superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2];
        out-of-date. [Narrower terms: {old-fashioned}, {out of
        fashion}(predicate), {out of style}(predicate), {passe},
        {passee}.]
  
     Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     3. Unfashionably out of date; out of style. [Narrower terms:
        {unfashionable (vs. fashionable)}]
  
     Syn: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of
          style(predicate), passe, passee.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] old fashioned

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  old fashioned \old fashioned\, old-fashioned \old-fashioned\n.
     A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar,
     garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  old-fashioned
       adj : out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
             "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: {antique},
              {demode}, {ex}, {old-hat(p)}, {outmoded}, {passe}, {passee}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "old-fashioned":
     Victorian, abandoned, abjured, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique,
     archaic, back-number, backward, behind the times, belated, bygone,
     ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, conservative, courtly, crusty,
     dated, demode, deserted, die-hard, discarded, discontinued,
     disused, done with, dowdy, fogyish, formal, fuddy-duddy, fusty,
     gallant, has-been, knightly, moldy, moss-grown, mossy, neanderthal,
     nonprogressive, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old,
     old hat, old-fogyish, old-line, old-time, old-timey, old-world,
     oldfangled, on the shelf, opposed to change, out, out of fashion,
     out of season, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded,
     outworn, passe, past use, pensioned off, preservative,
     relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, right-wing, rococo,
     standpat, stodgy, styleless, superannuate, superannuated,
     superseded, ultraconservative, unfashionable, unprogressive,
     vintage, worn-out