olden
[ohl-duh n]
- of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- old.
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Origin of olden
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Contemporary Examples
We, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.
For those of you who are not old enough to remember, a watch was a device for telling time back in olden days, before smartphones.
Of course, in the olden days, we knew what to think of Americans who quoted extensively from Pravda - right, Comrade Beck?
I signed up to write my sixth book back in the olden days of 2005.
In olden days and on the old continent, criticizing the monarch might limit your life chances.
Historical Examples
Why should not miracles come now, as in the olden days, for had not all this been ordained from the beginning?
The DreamEmile Zola
The tone of olden friendliness was hard to bear, when no other voices answered.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
On the whole, he was like a baron of the olden time in a rare good humour.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
In olden days, other houses of tradesmen besides inns had signs.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
In the olden days it would have been a laugh, but Gloria must wait for strength to laugh.
Gloria and Treeless StreetAnnie Hamilton Donnell
olden
- an archaic or poetic word for old in olden days; in olden times
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Word Origin and History for olden
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