oldfangled
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of oldfangled
First recorded in 1835–45; formed after newfangled
Example Sentences
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You might find yourself saying “nope,” too, once or twice, in a way that’s really tantamount to saying “yes” to “Nope’s” shivery pleasures, which feel both oldfangled and new.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
The idea of investing in a character who isn’t essentially evil or bad seems oldfangled, even quaint.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2017
Nov. 13: So much about Ms. Giddens could scan as oldfangled mannerism: the minstrel banjo, the mountain songs, that folk-operatic alto.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2015
Where the album stumbles is where its oldfangled twang takes center stage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2010
Mexico's squarejawed, hard-eyed President Emilio Fortes Gil is an oldfangled rough-and-tumble battling lawyer with a newfangled humanitarian conscience.
From Time Magazine Archive
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