Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
characteristic of former times especially in Europe;
- Example: "an old-world cottage"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
old-world \old-world\ adj.
1. Characteristic of former times especially in Europe; as,
an old-world cottage.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Biology) Native to the Old World; not found in the
Americas; as, old-world monkeys.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
old-world
adj 1: characteristic of former times especially in Europe; "an
old-world cottage"