old-timeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈəʊl(d)tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d)ˈtaɪm/

Forms: 1700s– old-time, 1800s old-times, 1900s– olde-tyme (in sense 2b, pseudo-archaic), 1900s– old-tyme (in sense 2b, pseudo-archaic). In sense 2b also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., time n.

Etymology: < old adj. + time n. Compare old times at old adj. 9a.

1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of ancient times.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > relating to past times

oldOE

old world1712

historical1739

old-time1795

old-worldly1878

1795 J. Woodforde Diary 16 June (1929) IV. 205 Some of the old time doings exhibited to day such as he did the last Time of being Mayor.

1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 495 An old-times chamber it was, sure enough.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 216 I took a Bible..and we went through the old-times service.

1894 Archæol. Jrnl. Mar. 51 A piece of old-time folk-lore.

1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. vii. lxv. 295 Thus did an old-time legend assist a modern army.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xiii 473 In the Orthodox church today, the Jewish boy is definitely affected by the old-time Hebraic laws on this point [sc. masturbation].

1988 S. Bellow Theft 46 It's the old-time religion in me. Stewardship.

2001 New Republic 15 Jan. 32/2 American feminism..is..a movement that, despite its origins in the youth culture of the 1960s, seems awash in old-time religion.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or former time; that has been such for a long time, of long standing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective]

formerc1160

apassedc1314

past1340

preterite1340

eldera1400

elderna1400

eldernlya1400

bygone1424

bypast1452

ancient1490

by-runa1522

bywenta1522

spent1528

departed1552

forepassed1557

preter1578

by-come1592

worn-out1594

preterlapsed1599

foregone1609

worna1616

elapseda1644

lapsed1702

surpassed1725

gone-by1758

back1808

old-time1865

by-flown1884

1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 146/1 Their gambrel-roofed houses [were] odorous with traditions of old-time visits by some worthies of the Colonial period.

1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Buffalo Express 1 Jan. 2/6 Conrad's color came back to his cheeks and his old-time vivacity to his eyes.

1899 N. H. Dole in R. W. Emerson Early Poems Pref. There is a pathetic picture of him talking over the fence with Alcott with much of his old-time fluency.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiv. 120 Whitney, old-time driver for Cobb and Co.'s coaches (later a grazier), planted here a score of fig-trees.

1959 Observer 11 Oct. 21/4 Reads rather like an old-time boy's book sexed up and sadistified for the 1950s.

1975 Nature 29 May 360/2 What they have is a lot of old-time researchers who are accustomed to pursuing their own interests.

1991 Westcoast Logger July 6/3 The Brown brothers, old-time timbermen known for their timber falling, now in their later years.

1994 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 11 Dec. (Looking Forward Suppl.) 3/1 (caption) One of Bulimba's old-time residents..is now settling down happily in her new surroundings.

b. U.S. Relating to or designating traditional or folk styles of American popular music, such as gospel, Cajun, and bluegrass. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > folk music > [adjective] > other folk music

Celtic1816

down home1907

old-time1908

mariachi1940

klezmer1961

rootsy1962

blue-eyed1965

sakkie-sakkie1970

old-timey1972

pseudo-folk1976

norteña1983

1908 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 17 Jan. 3/2 The Woodruff brothers of Caldwell..gave a fine exhibition of regular old-time corn-shuckin shake-foot.

1929 Collier's 2 Nov. 20/4 The music is simple and reminiscent of old-time tunes: accompaniments are easily fabricated on the fiddle or guitar.

1969 JEMF Q. 5 i. (inside back cover) These forms include the music referred to as..‘country & western’, ‘old time’, ‘hill-billy’.

1971 Old Time Music 1 3/2 As for our interpretation of ‘old time music’..we intend to cover a lot of ground: string bands and Western Swing bands, cowboy and cajun, blues and bluegrass.

1994 Bluegrass Canada Mag. Nov.–Dec. 14/1 Bill had just a really interesting old-time string band. But then that group..created bluegrass.

2000 Country Music People May 22/1 Tanner and Norris were old time entertainers who wanted to keep their music humorous and downhome in spirit.

c. Of, relating to, or designating ballroom dances of the style esp. fashionable in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries, in which every couple dances the same steps at the same time, there is a fixed sequence of steps (usually to 16, 24, or 32 bars), and there is often a change of partners during a dance. Also as n.Typical old-time dances are the lancers, the Gay Gordons, and the veleta.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [adjective] > attributes of ballroom dances

old-time1909

strict tempo1936

1887 C. C. Harrison in Century Illustr. Monthly Mag. Nov. 8/2 Somebody sits down to the spinet, and straightway the quaint measure of the old-time dance is heard.]

1909 A. Klughardt Drei Klavierstücke (title) An old-time dance.

1913 R. B. Clarke (title) Two old-time dances for the pianoforte. Op. 31.

1928 C. Sharpe (title) An old-time dance. (Violoncello and Piano.)

1933 W. H. Auden Dance of Death 11 Select partners for an old-time waltz.

1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 116 Derek's crazy to take up dancing in a big way again. He adores all this old-time dancing.

1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead iii. 54 Tuesdays he stays at home because that's Her night for her Old Time.

1975 R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter vi. 75 ‘It's kind of romantic, really.’.. ‘Like Old Tyme dancing on BBC radio, you mean?’

1994 Ballroom Dancing Times Feb. 185/2 Modern was the easiest to bring into the fold initially, because many of the dancers did both Old time and Modern.

Derivatives

† old-time-like adj. U.S. Obsolete reminiscent of olden times, old-fashioned.

ΚΠ

1882 Cent. Mag. Mar. 658/1 Men hardly old can remember when all of Second Street was thus quaintly old-time-like.

1889 Chicago Advance 24 Jan. A small hotel, recommended to us as being more old-time-like than the others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old-time
释义	old-timeadj.n. Brit. /ˈəʊl(d)tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d)ˈtaɪm/ Forms: 1700s– old-time, 1800s old-times, 1900s– olde-tyme (in sense 2b, pseudo-archaic), 1900s– old-tyme (in sense 2b, pseudo-archaic). In sense 2b also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., time n. Etymology: < old adj. + time n. Compare old times at old adj. 9a. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of ancient times. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > relating to past times oldOE old world1712 historical1739 old-time1795 old-worldly1878 1795 J. Woodforde Diary 16 June (1929) IV. 205 Some of the old time doings exhibited to day such as he did the last Time of being Mayor. 1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 495 An old-times chamber it was, sure enough. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 216 I took a Bible..and we went through the old-times service. 1894 Archæol. Jrnl. Mar. 51 A piece of old-time folk-lore. 1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. vii. lxv. 295 Thus did an old-time legend assist a modern army. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xiii 473 In the Orthodox church today, the Jewish boy is definitely affected by the old-time Hebraic laws on this point [sc. masturbation]. 1988 S. Bellow Theft 46 It's the old-time religion in me. Stewardship. 2001 New Republic 15 Jan. 32/2 American feminism..is..a movement that, despite its origins in the youth culture of the 1960s, seems awash in old-time religion. 2. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or former time; that has been such for a long time, of long standing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] formerc1160 apassedc1314 past1340 preterite1340 eldera1400 elderna1400 eldernlya1400 bygone1424 bypast1452 ancient1490 by-runa1522 bywenta1522 spent1528 departed1552 forepassed1557 preter1578 by-come1592 worn-out1594 preterlapsed1599 foregone1609 worna1616 elapseda1644 lapsed1702 surpassed1725 gone-by1758 back1808 old-time1865 by-flown1884 1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 146/1 Their gambrel-roofed houses [were] odorous with traditions of old-time visits by some worthies of the Colonial period. 1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Buffalo Express 1 Jan. 2/6 Conrad's color came back to his cheeks and his old-time vivacity to his eyes. 1899 N. H. Dole in R. W. Emerson Early Poems Pref. There is a pathetic picture of him talking over the fence with Alcott with much of his old-time fluency. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiv. 120 Whitney, old-time driver for Cobb and Co.'s coaches (later a grazier), planted here a score of fig-trees. 1959 Observer 11 Oct. 21/4 Reads rather like an old-time boy's book sexed up and sadistified for the 1950s. 1975 Nature 29 May 360/2 What they have is a lot of old-time researchers who are accustomed to pursuing their own interests. 1991 Westcoast Logger July 6/3 The Brown brothers, old-time timbermen known for their timber falling, now in their later years. 1994 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 11 Dec. (Looking Forward Suppl.) 3/1 (caption) One of Bulimba's old-time residents..is now settling down happily in her new surroundings. b. U.S. Relating to or designating traditional or folk styles of American popular music, such as gospel, Cajun, and bluegrass. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > folk music > [adjective] > other folk music Celtic1816 down home1907 old-time1908 mariachi1940 klezmer1961 rootsy1962 blue-eyed1965 sakkie-sakkie1970 old-timey1972 pseudo-folk1976 norteña1983 1908 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 17 Jan. 3/2 The Woodruff brothers of Caldwell..gave a fine exhibition of regular old-time corn-shuckin shake-foot. 1929 Collier's 2 Nov. 20/4 The music is simple and reminiscent of old-time tunes: accompaniments are easily fabricated on the fiddle or guitar. 1969 JEMF Q. 5 i. (inside back cover) These forms include the music referred to as..‘country & western’, ‘old time’, ‘hill-billy’. 1971 Old Time Music 1 3/2 As for our interpretation of ‘old time music’..we intend to cover a lot of ground: string bands and Western Swing bands, cowboy and cajun, blues and bluegrass. 1994 Bluegrass Canada Mag. Nov.–Dec. 14/1 Bill had just a really interesting old-time string band. But then that group..created bluegrass. 2000 Country Music People May 22/1 Tanner and Norris were old time entertainers who wanted to keep their music humorous and downhome in spirit. c. Of, relating to, or designating ballroom dances of the style esp. fashionable in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries, in which every couple dances the same steps at the same time, there is a fixed sequence of steps (usually to 16, 24, or 32 bars), and there is often a change of partners during a dance. Also as n.Typical old-time dances are the lancers, the Gay Gordons, and the veleta. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [adjective] > attributes of ballroom dances old-time1909 strict tempo1936 1887 C. C. Harrison in Century Illustr. Monthly Mag. Nov. 8/2 Somebody sits down to the spinet, and straightway the quaint measure of the old-time dance is heard.] 1909 A. Klughardt Drei Klavierstücke (title) An old-time dance. 1913 R. B. Clarke (title) Two old-time dances for the pianoforte. Op. 31. 1928 C. Sharpe (title) An old-time dance. (Violoncello and Piano.) 1933 W. H. Auden Dance of Death 11 Select partners for an old-time waltz. 1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 116 Derek's crazy to take up dancing in a big way again. He adores all this old-time dancing. 1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead iii. 54 Tuesdays he stays at home because that's Her night for her Old Time. 1975 R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter vi. 75 ‘It's kind of romantic, really.’.. ‘Like Old Tyme dancing on BBC radio, you mean?’ 1994 Ballroom Dancing Times Feb. 185/2 Modern was the easiest to bring into the fold initially, because many of the dancers did both Old time and Modern. Derivatives † old-time-like adj. U.S. Obsolete reminiscent of olden times, old-fashioned. ΚΠ 1882 Cent. Mag. Mar. 658/1 Men hardly old can remember when all of Second Street was thus quaintly old-time-like. 1889 Chicago Advance 24 Jan. A small hotel, recommended to us as being more old-time-like than the others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1795
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