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| archaic |
of an older time; old-fashioned; outdated. [1/3 definitions] |
| conservative |
old-fashioned; showing a liking for what has always been. [1/6 definitions] |
| dwarf |
(old-fashioned; sometimes disrespectful) a person who is much smaller than usual because of a medical condition. [1/4 definitions] |
| Eskimo |
an old-fashioned word used for a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Russia. Most of the people of these northern regions are Inuits. |
| flintlock |
a part of an old-fashioned gun no longer in use. This part makes a spark that sets the powder inside on fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| gramophone |
a machine for playing phonograph records, esp. an old-fashioned one. |
| Negro |
(old-fashioned) relating to a Black person or Black people. [1/2 definitions] |
| out-of-date |
old-fashioned or no longer in use. |
| quaint |
pleasant in an old-fashioned way. |
| split |
(old-fashioned; slang) to leave; depart. [1/11 definitions] |
| square |
(informal) one who is old-fashioned in his or her taste or afraid to have fun. [2/22 definitions] |
| ye2 |
the. Ye is a misreading of an old spelling of "the" in which the letter for the "th" sound looked like a "y." When stores today put "ye" on their signs, they do so in order to look old-fashioned. |
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