past-time
adjEtymology
From past + time. First appears c. 1889 in the writings of James John Hissey.
Definitions
Belonging to a time from the past
Belonging to a time from the past; old-fashioned; outdated.
- These past-time inns, the outcome of the picturesque coaching days, when they have not been altered or improved to suit modern requirements, how they delight the eye of the nineteenth-century traveller along the old high roads!
- ... perhaps because of this it retains unhurt so much of its past-time naturalness.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for past-time. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA