different between primeval vs old-fashioned

English

Alternative forms

• primaeval, primæval

Etymology

From primevous +? -al. Further, primevous, from Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”), from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age.

Pronunciation

• enPR: "pr?m'?v?l, IPA^(key): /?p?a??mi.v?l/

Adjective

primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)

1. belonging to the first ages
2. primary; original
3. primitive
   • 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman

     If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• primeval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• primeval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• old fashioned

Etymology

old +? fashion +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /o?ld?fæ??nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ld?fæ??nd/
• Hyphenation: old-?fash?ioned

Adjective

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

1. Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.

   Synonyms: date, oldfangled, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:unfashionable

2. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

Antonyms

• new-fashioned

Hypernyms

• fashioned

Derived terms

• old-fashionedly
• old-fashioned look
• old-fashionedness

Translations

Noun

old-fashioned (plural old-fashioneds)

1. A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind. [from late 19th c.]
   • 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)

     At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.

Further reading

• old fashioned (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia