Adhering to values, attitudes, or tastes of an earlier time; conservative.
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释义 | the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. (26) old-fashioned1596 Adhering to values, attitudes, or tastes of an earlier time; conservative. musty1603 figurative. Of a person: dull and unadventurous; having a ponderous, old-fashioned, or unoriginal outlook; fogeyish. Cf. fusty, adj. 3. mildewed1605 figurative. fusty1609 figurative. That has lost its freshness and interest; bearing marks of age or neglect; of old-fashioned appearance or behaviour, ‘fogeyish’. wormy1611 figurative. = worm-eaten, adj. 3. frumpy1746 Cross-tempered; also, like a frump, dowdy. fossila1770 figurative. Preserved unchanged by surrounding alterations; belonging to a previous period or era. Also: (derogatory) incapable of change or… arriéré1814 Behind the times, backward, or outdated; strongly conservative or reactionary. Cf. arrière-guard, n. 2. Now rare. has-been1819 That is a has-been; past one's prime. Rip Van Winkleish1829 Characteristic of or resembling Rip Van Winkle; not aware of or alert to present (esp. social and political) conditions. frumpish1847 Esp. of a woman: old-fashioned or dowdy; of appearance, etc.: characteristic of a frump; outmoded, shabby, drab. archaistic1850 Of or pertaining to an archaist; imitatively archaic; affectedly antique. fogey1852 Old-fashioned, antiquated; conservative. fogeyish1852 Characteristic of or resembling a fogey (fogey, n. 2); likely to appeal to a fogey; old-fashioned, antiquated. old fogeyish1853 Of, relating to, or resembling an old fogey; likely to appeal to an old fogey. rusty-fusty1864 characterized by rust and fustiness; (frequently figurative) outdated, old-fashioned; cf. rusty-dusty, adj. mossbacked1876 That is a mossback; old-fashioned, reactionary, inflexibly conservative. Also as n. with the. Cf. mossy-backed, adj. dead-handed1928 oppressively old-fashioned or out-dated. Victorian1934 figurative. Resembling or typified by the attitudes supposedly characteristic of the Victorian era; prudish, strict; old-fashioned, out-dated. unhep1939 Uninformed, ignorant, naive; old-fashioned, square; not with-it. Also with to: unaware of, not wise to. Cf. unhip, adj. unhip1939 Uninformed, ignorant, naive; old-fashioned, square, uncool; not with-it. Also with to: unaware of. Cf. unhep, adj. dinosaurian1943 figurative. Originally: extremely large, unwieldy. Later also (now usually): old-fashioned, outdated, or obsolete; unable or unwilling to adapt to… square1946 Of persons. Designating one who is out of touch with the ideas and conventions of a particular popular contemporary movement (originally Jazz)… dinosaur-like1947 resembling, characteristic of, or reminiscent of a dinosaur (in either sense). dinosauric1977 figurative. Originally: extremely large, unwieldy. Later also (now usually): old-fashioned, outdated, or obsolete; unable or unwilling to adapt to… analogue1993 colloquial (chiefly humorous). Esp. of a person: unaware of or unaffected by computer technology or digital communications; outdated, old-fashioned. |
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