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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Old-fashioned \Old`-fash"ioned\, a. Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old customs, styles, or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl; old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. "Old-fashioned men of wit." --Addison. [1913 Webster]

    This old-fashioned, quaint abode. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

    2. Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2]; out-of-date. [Narrower terms: old-fashioned, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.]

    Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

    3. Unfashionably out of date; out of style. [Narrower terms: unfashionable (vs. fashionable)]

    Syn: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] old fashioned

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    passe \pas*se"\, Pass'e \Pas`s['e]"\, masc. Pass'ee \Pas`s['e]"e\, fem.(p[a^]*s[asl]), a. [F.] Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a pass['e]e belle. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]

    2. Same as old-fashioned, a., 2.

    Syn: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe. [WordNet 1.5]

    3. Past; -- used appositively; as, time passe. [PJC]