Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Old-fashioned, antiquated, historic, especially in a contrived manner.

Origin

Pseudo-loan from Middle English, derived from the + old. First attested in 1850.

Pseudo-loan from Middle English, derived from the + old. First attested in 1850.

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See also

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