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having lived or existed for many years
old(adj)past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
old(adj)(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
"his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
old(adj)of long duration; not new
"old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
old(a)(adj)(used for emphasis) very familiar
"good old boy"; "same old story"
old, older(adj)skilled through long experience
"an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)(adj)belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)(adj)(used informally especially for emphasis)
"a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
Old(adj)of a very early stage in development
"Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
previous(a), old(adj)just preceding something else in time or order
"the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
being of advanced years and especially past middle ageevery day the old fisherman set out in his small boat to brave the dangers of the sea
dating or surviving from the distant pastan extremely old piece of jewelry was discovered in the Egyptian ruins
having been such at some previous timeI ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interesteven the most stirring speeches start to get old after you've heard them a few times
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