Past-time
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Belonging to a time from the past; old-fashioned; outdated. dated, obsolete
"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!"
Example
More examples"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!"
Etymology
From past + time. First appears c. 1889 in the writings of James John Hissey.
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