English

Alternative forms

• old fashioned

Adjective

old-fashioned ‎(comparative more old-fashioned, superlative most old-fashioned)

1. Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

   My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.‎

2. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

   You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.‎

Derived terms

• old-fashioned look
• old-fashionedly

Usage notes

• Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, and style.

Translations

Noun

old-fashioned ‎(plural old-fashioneds)

1. A whiskey-based cocktail.
   • 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)

     At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.