old-timey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.47 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: old-fashioned, antiquated, retro"
- "For our Halloween party that year, he wove a whole aesthetic that was maximally retro. He rolled up in an old-timey car, wearing an old-timey outfit, spouting old-timey phrases. It was a magnificent performance."
- "In short, the old town—the lovablest, old-timiest, easy-goingest old town that ever was—sits there by the River, hugging its traditions, and hoarding its stories, of which it has enough to make a new Thousand and One Nights."
- "One of the main charms of the Southern scene was the number of "old-timey" practices that persisted."
- "The former ferry, now the standby tied up at the Steilacoom dock, is the 18-car, wooden-hull Islander, even old-timier and better."
- "Whereas some of the potters making unglazed gardenware have expanded their production, others now also make some "old-timey" utilitarian glazed stoneware."
Etymology
Etymology tree English old Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English old-time English -y English old-timey From old-time + -y.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more old-timey (comparative)
old-timier (comparative)
most old-timey (superlative)
old-timiest (superlative)
old timey (alternative)