olde

See also: olde-

English

Adjective

olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)

1. Archaic spelling of old.
   • 1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:

     Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.

   • 1989 March 11, Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 183, Dayton, Oh., page 8 - A:

     Staid, olde Britain goes bonkers / ‘Red-Nose Day’ puts chuckle in charity

Derived terms

• Olde English Bulldogge
• olde tyme
• olde worlde
• ye olde

Anagrams

• DOLE, Delo, Deol, Doel, Dole, Ledo, OLED, dole, leod, lode

Basque

Noun

olde

1. impulse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolde/
• Rhymes: -olde
• Hyphenation: ol‧de

Adverb

olde

1. (chiefly poetic, neologism) agedly, oldly

Synonyms

• maljune

Antonyms

• june (“in a young manner, youthfully”)

Related terms

• olda (“old”)
• oldi (“to be old”)

Middle English

Adjective

olde

1. Alternative form of old
2. inflection of old:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all day.

Adverb

olde

1. daily

Related terms

• de
• olde olde