old-time

See also: old time

English

Etymology

From old +‎ time.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

old-time (comparative more old-time, superlative most old-time)

1. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.

   He likes to listen to old-time music.

2. Ancient; persisting since ancient times.
   • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 97:

     Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.

Derived terms

• old-time country
• old-timely
• old-timer
• old-timey, old-timy

Translations

old-fashioned

Bulgarian: старинен (bg) (starinen), старовремски (starovremski) Esperanto: malmoderna French: vétuste (fr) Latin: vetustus (la) Swedish: gammaldags (sv)