单词 | of olde |
释义 | > as lemmasof olde Used as an archaism, originally commercially, later also frequently ironically, for old adj. Sometimes with other words spelt archaistically, as Olde English(e). Occasionally as n. in of olde: in an earlier time or period (cf. old n.1 4). Cf. olde worlde adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > olde or suggesting spurious antiquity olde1850 ye olde1850 pseudo-antique1854 1850 Sunday Times 19 May 1/2 (advt.) Ye Olde Jervsalem Tauerne..ys ye oldest Tauerne in ye Worlde. 1852 Democratic Rev. (U.S.) Mar. 224/2 We shall..show..the character of ‘the old fogy’, or ‘ye olde fogie’, as he at present exists. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos viii. 31 Ye spirits who of olde were in this land. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England vii. 101 It was as if Mr. Cochran had..brought Ye Olde Englyshe Village straight down by special train from the London Pavilion. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 7 A glass of Danu U'Dunnell's foamous olde Dobbelin ayle. 1959 Good Food Guide 38 A lot of olde realle beames in Amersham and a lot of olde phonie cookynge too. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald 11 Mar. 105/1 A nostalgic yearning for ‘Olde England’ has been yet another stylistic influence on 20th century design. < as lemmas |
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