old worldn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈwəːld/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d) ˈwər(ə)ld/

Forms: see old adj. and world n.; also Scottish 1900s– aalwarl. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., world n.

Etymology: < old adj. + world n. With sense A. 2 compare French ancien monde , referring to Europe (1648 or earlier), Spanish viejo mundo (1528), and earlier New World n. and adj.

A. n. With the.

1. The world of former times; the world as it used to be; (Theology) the antediluvian world, the world before the Flood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > ancient or primeval world

old worlda1393

fore-world1796

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2702 These olde worldes with the newe Who that wol take in evidence, Ther mai he se [etc.].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Pet. ii. 5 God spared not the angels that synned..neither spared the olde worlde: butt saved Noe.

1526 C. Mery Talys f. vi^v In ye old world when all thyng coud speke.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 76 The old world, as is thought, was ignorant of this sport.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bb2^v/1 Young women, in the old world were not wont, Sir, To hang out gaudy busshes for their beauties.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 247 There are three worlds mentioned in Scripture, the Old World, the Present World, and the World to come.

1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive II. xv. 99 To trace the infancy of the old world, we run into childish prattle and boyish tales.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cx. 529 Copies of the posted placards, vainly warning the infatuated old world from the flood.

1856 J. H. Newman Callista 67 My good old gaffer, you're one of the old world.

1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 190 The old world of feudalism jostling with the new world of commerce.

1941 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 8 Dec. (1980) 240 It is the knell of the old world. All army officers all over the U.S. ordered into uniform.

1991 Bellcore Insight Spring 13/1 The unnatural thing is to hang on, to retain the old world.

2. Usually with capital initials. The continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, known to Europeans before the New World of the Western hemisphere. In later use also (esp. in Biology): the Eastern hemisphere (i.e. also including Australasia).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [noun] > eastern

old worldc1596

c1596 J. Donne Cales & Guyana in Poems (1912) I. 76 If you from spoyle of th'old worlds farthest end To the new world your kindled valors bend.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xiii. 69 We cannot certainly avow this America to be continent, nor certainly affirme it to be an Island, distinguished from the old world.

1693 tr. G. de Foigny New Discov. Terra Incognita xiii. 174 The Great Sea which separates the Old World from the New.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 213 The Turky was unknown to the antient naturalists, and even to the old world before the discovery of America.

1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second Introd. 2 Emigrants..of diversified professions of religion, retiring from the governmental persecutions of the old world.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 95 They are readers: their imaginations live in the Old World.

1886 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) VI. 143 It [sc. the founding of Harvard] insured our intellectual independence of the Old World.

1903 Q. Rev. Jan. 44 The prong-buck..and the opossums of America being unknown in the Old World.

1951 New Biol. 11 76 Vascular Wilt Disease..of bananas in the Old World made its appearance in Central America towards the end of the nineteenth century.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xvii. 424 The Iguania include the iguanas of the New World.., the agamid lizards of the Old World, and the chameleons.

B. adj.

1. Belonging to or characteristic of former times, esp. with reference to picturesqueness, or to the charm and courtesy supposed to have prevailed in the past; (formerly, also) †old-fashioned. Usually attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > relating to past times

oldOE

old world1712

historical1739

old-time1795

old-worldly1878

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 18 Silly auld warld Ceremonies.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) viii. 333 He has a very fine large old-world house here.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 49 He's a' for the auld-warld doings of lifting and laying on.

1860 E. C. Gaskell Curious, if True in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 212 It was not a chasseur's dress after all; it was something more thoroughly old-world; boots half way up his ridiculously small legs.

1876 C. Kingsley Cheap Clothes & Nasty in Alton Locke p. lxxiv Foolish auld-warld notion[s] about keeping days holy.

1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City ix. 257 She watched the simple pastoral old-world life around her.

1909 B. Carman Rough Rider & Other Poems 18 A touch of old-world breeding both gracious and austere.

1936 Discovery Nov. 363/2 The old lacemakers and the hurdle maker..inhabit the old-world village.

1941 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys viii. 115 [He's] very nice... Sort of old-world without any Blimpishness.

1989 L. Deighton Spy Line xv. 206 People who knew Silas Gaunt well..spoke of his exquisite courtesy, old-world manners, and compelling charm.

2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 8/1 (advt.) Overlooking the sea, with an old world atmosphere of gentility and charm.

2. Usually with capital initials. Of or relating to the Old World, as opposed to the New World of the Western hemisphere.See also Old World monkey n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [adjective] > eastern

old world1835

old-worldish1886

1835 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds ii. i. 70 The genera Inuus, Macacus, and Papio..constitute the aberrant circle of the Old World monkeys.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxxviii. 339 The former wide range of these quadrupeds implies a migration of Old-World Forms into the New World.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 518/2 The second genus of Old-World porcupines is Atherura, the Brush-tailed Porcupines.

1903 M. J. Cawein Kentucky Poems 260 Sailing seas of the silver morn, Winds of the balm and spice, To put the old-world art to scorn At the price of any price!

1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 97 Consolidation with various Old-World stocks (Uralic, Indo-European) has been sought.

2000 Wired Apr. 100/2 JWT was content to service an aging client base, consisting mainly of old-world packaged-goods companies that had little need for the Web.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old world
释义	old worldn.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈwəːld/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˈwər(ə)ld/ Forms: see old adj. and world n.; also Scottish 1900s– aalwarl. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., world n. Etymology: < old adj. + world n. With sense A. 2 compare French ancien monde , referring to Europe (1648 or earlier), Spanish viejo mundo (1528), and earlier New World n. and adj. A. n. With the. 1. The world of former times; the world as it used to be; (Theology) the antediluvian world, the world before the Flood. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > ancient or primeval world old worlda1393 fore-world1796 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2702 These olde worldes with the newe Who that wol take in evidence, Ther mai he se [etc.]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Pet. ii. 5 God spared not the angels that synned..neither spared the olde worlde: butt saved Noe. 1526 C. Mery Talys f. vi^v In ye old world when all thyng coud speke. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 76 The old world, as is thought, was ignorant of this sport. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bb2^v/1 Young women, in the old world were not wont, Sir, To hang out gaudy busshes for their beauties. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 247 There are three worlds mentioned in Scripture, the Old World, the Present World, and the World to come. 1797 R. Tyler Algerine Captive II. xv. 99 To trace the infancy of the old world, we run into childish prattle and boyish tales. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cx. 529 Copies of the posted placards, vainly warning the infatuated old world from the flood. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista 67 My good old gaffer, you're one of the old world. 1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 190 The old world of feudalism jostling with the new world of commerce. 1941 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 8 Dec. (1980) 240 It is the knell of the old world. All army officers all over the U.S. ordered into uniform. 1991 Bellcore Insight Spring 13/1 The unnatural thing is to hang on, to retain the old world. 2. Usually with capital initials. The continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, known to Europeans before the New World of the Western hemisphere. In later use also (esp. in Biology): the Eastern hemisphere (i.e. also including Australasia). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [noun] > eastern old worldc1596 c1596 J. Donne Cales & Guyana in Poems (1912) I. 76 If you from spoyle of th'old worlds farthest end To the new world your kindled valors bend. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xiii. 69 We cannot certainly avow this America to be continent, nor certainly affirme it to be an Island, distinguished from the old world. 1693 tr. G. de Foigny New Discov. Terra Incognita xiii. 174 The Great Sea which separates the Old World from the New. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 213 The Turky was unknown to the antient naturalists, and even to the old world before the discovery of America. 1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second Introd. 2 Emigrants..of diversified professions of religion, retiring from the governmental persecutions of the old world. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 95 They are readers: their imaginations live in the Old World. 1886 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) VI. 143 It [sc. the founding of Harvard] insured our intellectual independence of the Old World. 1903 Q. Rev. Jan. 44 The prong-buck..and the opossums of America being unknown in the Old World. 1951 New Biol. 11 76 Vascular Wilt Disease..of bananas in the Old World made its appearance in Central America towards the end of the nineteenth century. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xvii. 424 The Iguania include the iguanas of the New World.., the agamid lizards of the Old World, and the chameleons. B. adj. 1. Belonging to or characteristic of former times, esp. with reference to picturesqueness, or to the charm and courtesy supposed to have prevailed in the past; (formerly, also) †old-fashioned. Usually attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] > relating to past times oldOE old world1712 historical1739 old-time1795 old-worldly1878 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 18 Silly auld warld Ceremonies. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) viii. 333 He has a very fine large old-world house here. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 49 He's a' for the auld-warld doings of lifting and laying on. 1860 E. C. Gaskell Curious, if True in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 212 It was not a chasseur's dress after all; it was something more thoroughly old-world; boots half way up his ridiculously small legs. 1876 C. Kingsley Cheap Clothes & Nasty in Alton Locke p. lxxiv Foolish auld-warld notion[s] about keeping days holy. 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City ix. 257 She watched the simple pastoral old-world life around her. 1909 B. Carman Rough Rider & Other Poems 18 A touch of old-world breeding both gracious and austere. 1936 Discovery Nov. 363/2 The old lacemakers and the hurdle maker..inhabit the old-world village. 1941 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys viii. 115 [He's] very nice... Sort of old-world without any Blimpishness. 1989 L. Deighton Spy Line xv. 206 People who knew Silas Gaunt well..spoke of his exquisite courtesy, old-world manners, and compelling charm. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Property Suppl.) 8/1 (advt.) Overlooking the sea, with an old world atmosphere of gentility and charm. 2. Usually with capital initials. Of or relating to the Old World, as opposed to the New World of the Western hemisphere.See also Old World monkey n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > hemisphere > [adjective] > eastern old world1835 old-worldish1886 1835 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. Quadrupeds ii. i. 70 The genera Inuus, Macacus, and Papio..constitute the aberrant circle of the Old World monkeys. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxxviii. 339 The former wide range of these quadrupeds implies a migration of Old-World Forms into the New World. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 518/2 The second genus of Old-World porcupines is Atherura, the Brush-tailed Porcupines. 1903 M. J. Cawein Kentucky Poems 260 Sailing seas of the silver morn, Winds of the balm and spice, To put the old-world art to scorn At the price of any price! 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 97 Consolidation with various Old-World stocks (Uralic, Indo-European) has been sought. 2000 Wired Apr. 100/2 JWT was content to service an aging client base, consisting mainly of old-world packaged-goods companies that had little need for the Web. 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