Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old-fashioned

/oʊldˈfæʃənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: old--fash-ioned
IPA: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

adj

Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways.

noun

A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.

noun

A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.

Example Sentences

"My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around."
"Miss Menie, we should mention, has a commendable desire to sell her oldest-fashioned articles first; indeed, we believe that something of the sort has always been common among mercers. It is true, that the most conscientious of the trade make a point, in such cases, to say nothing of the fashionableness of the patterns, but in proportion to the care with which they do this, they enlarge on the good qualities of the texture and durability."
"She was seated in a low old-fashioned arm-chair, directly below a portrait of herself, that had been taken just before her first visit to London."
"Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights."
"T. S. Eliot suspects Mr. Pound’s philosophy of being antiquated. W. C. Williams finds his “versification still patterned after classic metres”; and, apropos of ‘feminolatry,’ is not the view of woman expressed by the Cantos older-fashioned than that of Siam and Abyssinia? knowledge of the femaleness of “chaos”, of the “octopus”, of “Our mulberry leaf, woman,” appertaining more to the Grand Turk than to a Roger Ascham?"
"Walter Wren & Co. were a china clay firm right enough, but much smaller and older-fashioned than CCC."

Etymology

From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊldˈfæʃənd/
British English: /əʊldˈfæʃənd/

Inflected Forms

more old-fashioned (comparative) older-fashioned (comparative) most old-fashioned (superlative) oldest-fashioned (superlative) old fashioned (alternative) old-fashioneds (plural)

Phrases

old fashioned glass old-fashioned look old-fashionedly old-fashionedness

Synonyms

dated oldfangled outdated old-time anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antiquated antique archaic backward backwards

Antonyms

new-fashioned newfangled

Rhymes With

fashioned impassioned rationed oldfashioned

Questions

How do you pronounce old-fashioned?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊldˈfæʃənd/.
What does old-fashioned mean?: Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
Where does old-fashioned come from?: From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

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