olde worlde charm
- noun
- Archaic
:
encanto antiguo
- The hotel was full of olde worlde charm, with wooden beams and antique furnishings.
Examples
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The cottage’s olde worlde charm made it a perfect location for the film.
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Many tourists are drawn to villages that still retain their olde worlde charm.
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The cottage has such an olde worlde charm.
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Many tourists are drawn to the olde worlde charm of Paris.
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Many tourists are drawn to villages that still retain their olde worlde charm.
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The hotel was full of olde worlde charm, with wooden beams and antique furnishings.
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The cottage’s olde worlde charm made it a perfect location for the film.
Synonyms
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4.6
A look or style that reminds you of an earlier time
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6.7
A charming old-fashioned quality that people like
A style that looks like it is from earlier times
A warm, simple style that reminds people of old local traditions
Antonyms
How Quaint
- Archaic
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The overall sense — an appealing, nostalgic quality associated with an older time — is directly derivable from combining 'olde/old' (old-fashioned), 'worlde/world' (the past or traditional sphere), and 'charm' (attractive quality). The archaic spelling 'olde worlde' is merely stylistic and does not change the compositional meaning, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase olde worlde charm paints a picture of olde houses and a worlde of cobbled streets, wooden beams and antique shops. That's why charm here means 'a pleasing, old-fashioned feeling'.