olde
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9.9
- adjective
- Archaic
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antiguo
- The village itself is not as quaint or ye olde as the hamlets; it was, and still is, a working port and a commercial fishing town.
- ye olde
Examples
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It's all written in ye olde weird English anyway.
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A major attraction is "Haunts of the Olde Country Presented in Spectre Vision 4-D," a fun-filled tale of ancient castles and their ghosts in Great Britain.
Academic text (1995) -
A ye olde English pub!
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Back in ye olde days of print, distribution was simple, and every student would be aware when a new issue was finished.
Blog text (1) -
Most of the upstairs was used for offices, storage, exhibits, and archives, but there were two bedrooms decorated in ye olde.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, ye olde-fashioned jars... take up valuable shelf space.
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Like Nassau Point, Hog Neck was mostly cottages and some newer weekend homes, many of them gray-shingled to look like ye olde.
Fiction book (1997) -
This year's receptions were at some promising venues: SCAD Museum of Art, The Olde Pink House, Cha Bella, Savannah Smiles.
Blog text (13) -
The bar and the shelves behind it are all mahogany, etched glass, and Italian marble, and it's vaguely foreign and exotic, with none of the ye olde colonial look that's more common in this area.
Fiction book (1997) -
I visited a charming ye olde pub that had been serving locals for centuries.
Synonyms
908
6.1
Relating to a very early stage in a language, period, or culture
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
34
9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
18
6.7
Like music or clothes from a past time that feel warm and familiar
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9.6
From a time long ago when life was different
From a long time ago and not new
Compounds
- Archaic
A pleasant old-fashioned feeling that makes a place seem like the past
Surface Forms
Etymology
Olde is an older spelling of old from older English, where the extra -e made the word look old-fashioned. A helpful way to remember it is signs like 'Ye Olde Bookshop', because it is used to give something a 'from the past' or charming feel.