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OLDEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does olden mean?
• OLDEN (adjective)
The adjective OLDEN has 1 sense:
1. relating to time long past
Familiarity information: OLDEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to time long past
Context example:
olden days
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Context examples
I do not feel warranted in soliciting my former friend Mr. Copperfield, or my former friend Mr. Thomas Traddles of the Inner Temple, if that gentleman is still existent and forthcoming, to condescend to meet me, and renew (so far as may be) our past relations of the olden time.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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