old-timeyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

old-timey (comparative more old-timey, superlative most old-timey)

1. (US, informal) Reminiscent or representative of an older time.

   Synonym: old-timely

   Coordinate terms: classic, antique, nostalgic, of old

   Near-synonyms: old-fashioned, antiquated, retro

   For our Halloween party that year, he wove a whole aesthetic that was maximally retro. He rolled up in an old-timey car, wearing an old-timey outfit, spouting old-timey phrases. It was a magnificent performance.

   • 1951, Margaret Cussler, Not by a Long Shot: Adventures of a Documentary Film Producer, page 51:

     One of the main charms of the Southern scene was the number of "old-timey" practices that persisted.

   • 1994, Nancy Sweezy, Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition, page 274:

     Whereas some of the potters making unglazed gardenware have expanded their production, others now also make some "old-timey" utilitarian glazed stoneware.

   • 2000, Nate Shaw, Theodore Rosengarten, All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw, page 524:

     That white man buys up all this old-timey stuff he can get his hands on, all through this country. The very tools I lived by, he sells em for antiques.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used to indicate a modern simulation of an earlier time, rather than authentic remnants of that time.

派生語

• old-timeyness

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