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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

old-fashioned
    adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
           "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
           antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
           outmoded, passe, passee]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Old-fashioned \Old`-fash"ioned\, a.
   Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern;
   belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old
   customs, styles, or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl;
   old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. "Old-fashioned men of
   wit." --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

         This old-fashioned, quaint abode.        --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been
      superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2];
      out-of-date. [Narrower terms: old-fashioned, out of
      fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe,
      passee.]

   Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   3. Unfashionably out of date; out of style. [Narrower terms:
      unfashionable (vs. fashionable)]

   Syn: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of
        style(predicate), passe, passee.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] old fashioned

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

old fashioned \old fashioned\, old-fashioned \old-fashioned\n.
   A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar,
   garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Thesaurus Results for old-fashioned:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Victorian, abandoned, abjured, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, back-number, backward, behind the times, belated, bygone, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, conservative, courtly, crusty, dated, demode, deserted, die-hard, discarded, discontinued, disused, done with, dowdy, fogyish, formal, fuddy-duddy, fusty, gallant, has-been, knightly, moldy, moss-grown, mossy, neanderthal, nonprogressive, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old, old hat, old-fogyish, old-line, old-time, old-timey, old-world, oldfangled, on the shelf, opposed to change, out, out of fashion, out of season, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, passe, past use, pensioned off, preservative, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, right-wing, rococo, standpat, stodgy, styleless, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, ultraconservative, unfashionable, unprogressive, vintage, worn-out

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