olde

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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

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Basque

Noun

olde

  1. impulse

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Pronunciation

Adverb

olde

  1. (chiefly poetic, neologism) agedly, oldly

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Middle English

Adjective

olde

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

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Etymology

From English all day.

Adverb

olde

  1. daily
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