old soul

[ ohld-sohl ]

/ ˈoʊld ˈsoʊl /

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noun

a person, especially a child or young person, who demonstrates a maturity, understanding, or seriousness that is typical of someone much older: Our daughter was always so thoughtful and solemn, even as a baby—everyone says she’s an old soul.

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Origin of old soul

First recorded in 1750–60; in reference to an old person

Words nearby old soul

Old Slavonic, old sledge, old sod, old soldier, Old soldiers never die; they only fade away, old soul, Old South, Old South Arabian, Old Spanish, Old Spanish Trail, oldspeak

How to use old soul in a sentence

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So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
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It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
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But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills