Old-world

3 definitions found

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

  nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
     1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
        Opposite of {modern}. [Narrower terms: {antebellum};
        {fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
        stodgy old-fashioned}; {medieval, mediaeval, gothic};
        {old-time, quaint}; {unmodernized}; {victorian};


        {old-fashioned, outmoded}; {old-world}] Also See: {old},
        {past}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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

  old-world \old-world\ adj.
     1. Characteristic of former times especially in Europe; as,
        an old-world cottage.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Biology) Native to the Old World; not found in the
        Americas; as, old-world monkeys.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  old-world
       adj : characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an
             old-world cottage"