Old English | sp | English |
Old | adj | Far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree. 2. of or pertaining to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age. 3. as if or appearing to be far advanced in years. 4. having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old. 5. having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things. |
Old | n | Old persons collectively (usually preceded by the). 2. a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination): a class for six year old pupils. |
Old | phr | "Any Old How" - anyhow (carelessly) |
Old | phr | "Be Old Hat" - to be a very widely-known fact. |
Old | phr | "It is On for Young and Old" - the excitement has started. |
Old | phr | "Know Somebody of Old" - know somebody for a long time. |
Old | phr | "Lock Somebody up in an Old Oak Chest" - to put in a safe place and out of mind. |
Old | phr | "Old and the Young - people, young and old collectively. |
Old | phr | "Old as the Hills" - extremely or exceedingly old. |
Old | phr | "Old as Time" - ancient; dating from as far back in history; not new or young. |
Old | phr | "Old Beyond One's Years" - more mature, knowledgeable than most others of one's age. |
Old | phr | "Old Enough to be One's Father/Mother" - too much older than somebody for marriage, liaison etc to be suitable or likely. |
Old | phr | "Old Head on a Young Shoulders" - experience, knowledge, and maturity for a young person. |
Old | phr | "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" - "Bank of England" |
Old | phr | "Old Man of the Sea" - one who cannot be shaken off; a hanger on (from the monster who clung to the back of Sinbad, the Sailor. |
Old | phr | "Old Noll" - Oliver Cromwell. |
Old | phr | "Old, Sad, Far-off things" - trgaedies. or sorrows, of the historical, or one's own, past. |
Old | phr | "Old School Tie" - symbol of class distinction, class. |
Old | phr | "Old Sins Have Long Shadows" - past misdeeds are liable to return to haunt a person. |
Old | phr | "Old Wives' Tale" - A legend, myth, account of historical, or supernatural, events such as old women handed on to rising generations . 2. an unsupported piece of information, recommended practice, etc. 3. a trivial tale such as is told a by garrulous old woman. |
Old | phr | "The Old Man" - the world. |
Old-bean | n | Friendly form of address to a man. |
Old-blooded | adj | Of old aristocratic family; old-moneyed family. |
Old-book | adj | As in 'old-book shop'. |
Old-built | adj | Built long ago. |
Old days | n | Old times, past years. |
Old days | phr | "In the (Good) Old Days" - in earlier times, in the past. |
Old dear | n | An elderly woman. 2. one's mother. |
Olden | adj | Old; of former times. |
Old English | n | The English language up to about 1150-1200 |
Old-English sheepdog | n | A large breed of dog which was developed in England from early herding types of dogs. |
Old-fangled | adj | Old fashioned, out of fashion, out-of-date, out moded. 2. characterized by adherence to what is old. |
Old-fangledness | n | The state of being old fashioned. |
Old-field | n | Land cultivated of old; old ground. 2. land in cultivation for a long time and exhausted by a long period of cultivation. |
Old folks | n | The elderly, the aged, seniors. |
Old-gathered | adj | Gathered together long ago. |
Old gold | n | A dull brownish-gold colour. 2. a dull, lacking lustre, gold color. |
Old-grey | adj | A old man; old grey haired man. |
Old-growing | adj | Growing over many years or decades; for a long time. |
Old-hand | n | A person who is very experienced. 2. one who has experience in any business. |
Old Gold | n | A dull, lustreless, gold color. |
Old Harry | n | "The Devil" |
Old-hat | adj | Out-of-date; tediously familiar or out of date. 2. as a noun phrase it had a different (vulgar) sense previously: a woman's pudends, because it was frequently felt. |
Old-hearted | adj | Old-fashioned, old-fangled, elderly; as, ' the old-hearted trapped in truth'. |
Old-home | adj | As an old-home saying: obsolete language. |
Old-hundredth | n | A famous tune to which the hundredth psalm is sung. |
Oldie | n | A person of advanced years, a senior citizen. 2. an old time film or song ('golden oldie') |
Oldish | adj | Somewhat old. |
Old lady | n | A girl or woman, esp. one's wife. |
Old land | n | Land cultivated of old; old ground. 2. land in cultivation for a long time and exhausted by a long period of cultivation. |
Old-left | n | Those supportive of traditional (usu. socialist) beliefs. |
Old-life | adj | Palaeozoic or old-life period. |
Old-line | adj | Following, adhering to, or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs. 2. having a reputation or authority based on length or proven quality of service. 3. established prestige and influence. |
Old-looking | adj | Looking over than one's chronological age. |
Oldly | adv | In the manner of one that is old. 2. in an old and bygone manner. 3. in old time; long ago. |
Old maid | n | An elderly unmarried women who is past the usual age of marriage; a spinster 2. a prim and fussy person. |
Old maidendom | n | The realm or world of old maids or spinsters. |
Old-maidenhood | n | Old maid-dom or spinsterdom. |
Old-maidenish | adj | Somewhat old maidenish. |
Old-maidenishly | adv | In a manner somewhat like an old maid, or spinster. |
Old-maidenly | adv | In the manner of being an old maid; old-maidy. |
Old-maidenness | n | State or condition of being an old maid. |
Old maidenship | n | State or condition of being an old maid or spinster; old maidendom. |
Old man | n | A man advanced in years. 2. as a term of affectionate familiarity for anyone in authority, as a skipper, captain, husband, father; boss (vulgar). 3. unregenerate human nature : Old Adam. 4. a full-grown male kangaroo. 5. in mining: an old vein or working which has been abandoned; also oreless stuff. |
Old man | n | "The Old Man" - the world. |
Old mannish | adj | Characteristic of an old man. |
Old Man Winter | n | Also known as "Father Winter" - a personification of winter. "Father Winter" is more commonly known as "Santa Claus". In the Northern Hemisphere with it's dour, punishing year's end seems an apt personification. |
Old Master | n | A painting by famous artists, especially in the C15th and C16th. |
Old moon | n | The moon in the last quarter, before the new moon. |
Oldness | n | The state or condition of being old or of advanced years. |
Old-new | adj | Something newly revived, as a fashion, fad, or practice. |
Old Noll | phr | Oliver Cromwell. |
Old-said | adj | Spoken of or said since long ago. |
Old Salt | n | A sailor, seaman. |
Old saw | n | A proverb or maxim; a saying old in a sense of wise, rather than old in fashion. |
Old Saxon | n | A germanic language and the earliest recorded form of low german. It belongs to the west Geramic branchs and is closely related to the Anglo-frisian languages. |
Old school | n | Traditional attitudes. 2. people having such attitudes. |
Old sight | n | A condition involving the loss of the eye's ability to focus to close objects. |
Old | phr | "Old School Tie" - symbol of class distinction, class. |
Old-sighted | adj | The the sight of the elderly: dim and lacking sharpness. 2. sighted or observed long ago. 3. seeing things in an old-fashioned or traditional way. |
Old-sightedness | n | The state or condition of being old-sighted; presbyopia. |
Old song | n | A very low price. |
Old Sooty | n | The Devil. |
Old speak | n | Language from an earlier era. |
Old spelling | n | Unstandardized spelling. |
Old-standing | adj | That which has stood or existed long or for a long time. 2. longstanding, enduring, surviving. |
Oldster | n | One who is no longer young. 2. a midshipman of four years standing. |
Old stick | n | A man, chap, fellow, bloke, guy. |
Old Sweat | n | An old soldier. |
Old thing | n | A term of endearment. |
Oldtime | n | A time in the past. |
Old-time (s) | adj | Belonging to, or characterized by of the olden or former times. |
Old-time-like | adj | Old fashioned. |
Old timer | n | One who belongs to an earlier time. 2. one whose experience goes back to old times. 3. one of long standing in a place or position. 4. a person of advanced years. 5. a old-fashioned person or thing. |
Old-timiness | n | Old-fashioned character |
Old-timey | adv | Old-fashioned, nostalgic, sentimentally in character. 2. recalling the past. |
Old-town | adj | A person or one who holds a conservative thinking politically or in general. 2. the older part of the city or town contained within its moden limits. |
Old-towner | n | An inhabitant of the old town. |
Oldwards | adv | Having a tendency to the old. |
Oldwards | adj | "At Oldwards" - at or according to the old ways or actions. |
Old Wave | n | A style, fashion trend of a previous era. (See 'New Wave"). |
Old wife | n | A prattling old woman; a gossip, a tell-tale. |
Old-wife's tale | n | A trivial tale such as is told a by garrulous old woman. |
Old woman | n | A woman advanced in years; hence: a person compared to an old woman. 2. a man of timid or fussy character and habits. 3. wife ('my old woman). 4. mother (vulgar). 5. a nap or cowl used to prevent a chimney from smoking. |
Old womanish | adj | Resembling or somewhat characteristic of an old woman. |
Old-womanlike | adj | Resembling or characteristic of an old woman. |
Old-woman-liness | n | Of old-womanly qualities. |
Old womanly | adv | In the manner of an old woman. |
Old womanness | n | The state or quality of being an old woman. |
Old World | adj | Of or pertaining to, belonging to or associated with the old world or ancient order of things. 2. characterized by by-gone times; old and quaint, often in an old maock style. 3. of or pertaining to Europe, Asia and Africa, as opposed to the Americas or Australia. 4. the eastern hemisphere. |
Old-worldiness | n | State or quality relating to the Old World (European) life. 2. old-fashioned, outmoded view or practice. |
Old-worldish | adj | Characteristic of an old woman. |
Old-worldness | n | Quality of belonging to or associated with old times. |
Old woman's tale | n | A foolish or unscientific tradition of belief; 'old wives tale'. |
Old year | n | the year just ended or about to end; the previous year. |
Old Year's Day | n | The last day of the year. |
Old-young | adj | Old before its time, decrepit (perhaps, owing to illness). |
Olfend | n | A camel |
Advertisement
2,496
pages
Advertisement