1000 Old-fashioned words and their meanings | Words and expressions that were common in the past but are passing out of ordinary use | Examples: dandified [adjective]-- (of a man) too careful about his look or clothes | vamoose [verb] to leave fast | blot your copybook (idiom)-- to do something bad to spoil your good reputation among people; buck up! (phrasal verb)-- used to tell somebody to make haste | Old-fashioned Words -- A- abed [adverb] -- in bed | abide [verb]-- to stay or live in a place | abroad [adverb]-- outside; outdoors | accursed [adjective] -- having a bad magic spell on something | adieu [exclamation] - goodbye | addled [adjective]-- confused / (of an egg) not fresh | without further/more ado [idiom] -- at once; immediately | affair [noun]-- an strange or inexplicable thing | affright [verb]-- to scare; to frighten | ail [verb]-- to make somebody ill/sick | alack [exclamation]-- a word that is used to show you are sad or sorry
- ISBN13 9781312403468
- Publish Date 25 June 2016
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