From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2];
out-of-date.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Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.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 Unfashionably out of date; out of style.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
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
passe \pas*se"\, Pass'e \Pas`s['e]"\, masc. Pass'ee
\Pas`s['e]"e\, fem.(p[a^]*s[asl]), a. [F.]
Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a
pass['e]e belle. --Ld. Lytton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Same as {old-fashioned}, a., 2.
Syn: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate),
outmoded, out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of
style(predicate), passe.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Past; -- used appositively; as, time passe.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passee
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}]
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