Olden

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈəʊl.dnÌ©/, /ˈəʊl.dÉ™n/
• US IPA: ˈɔldnÌ©, ˈɔldÉ™n
• Rhymes: -əʊldÉ™n

From old + -en.

Full definition of olden

Adjective

1. From or relating to a previous era.
• Cole Porter, Anything GoesIn olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes.
2. Old; ancient.
• 1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)We ... told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.

From old + -en.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

Related terms

• eld

Anagrams

• loden