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Definition of olde worlde in English: olde worldeadjective əʊldi ˈwəːldi archaic In or relating to an old-fashioned style that is intended to be quaint and attractive (often used to suggest a lack of authenticity) Example sentencesExamples - Barely had I ventured four streets from my office when I stumbled upon an olde worlde store, the windows crammed with mouth-watering delicacies and the largest range of brightly coloured bottles I had ever seen.
- Far from the red-carpeted olde worlde retreat it was when I last visited, it's now a contemporary bar with minimalist décor except for the odd chrome fixture and abstract painting.
- While Americans still tend to favour the lush climate and silky white sands of the Caribbean, they are fast developing a predilection for crumbling European castles and quaint, olde worlde traditions.
- This is olde worlde dining, pickled in brine and preserved in aspic.
- Although Gerard has extensively refurbished the building, he has still retained a lot of the original features and it still has an olde worlde feel.
Synonyms old-fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, out of date, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, out of style, outdated, dated, out, outworn, old, former, dead, musty, old-time, old-world, behindhand, past, bygone, archaic, obsolescent, obsolete, ancient, antiquated, superannuated
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