Old-fashioned

Alternative forms

• old fashioned

Origin

old + fashioned

Full definition of old-fashioned

Adjective

1. Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 1, Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path …. It twisted and turned,...and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
2. My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.
3. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.
   You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.

Usage notes

Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, or style.

Noun

1. A whiskey-based cocktail