Old-world meaning

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The Eastern Hemisphere. The term is often used to refer specifically to Europe.
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Designating or of a group of animals or plants native to the Eastern Hemisphere, esp. Eurasia and Africa.
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The Eastern Hemisphere; Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Of or from the Old World, esp. Europe.
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Having or displaying certain usually good qualities or characteristics associated with European customs, manners, or standards.

Old-world hospitality.

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Of, or relating to the ancient world or former times.
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Old-world Sentence Examples

  • Holdings hands like an old world family; we were committing our lives together like marriage vows.

  • Anthracnose has been known in Europe for many years, but has only been observed in America since 1881, whither it was probably imported from the old world.

  • Though often spoken of as the American lion, chiefly on account of its colour, it rather resembles the leopard of the Old World in size and habits: usually measuring from nose to root of tail about 40 in., the tail being rather more than half that length.

  • The best known and longest cultivated species is the old-world grape-vine, Vitis vinifera; a variety of this, silvestris, occurs wild in the Mediterranean region, spreading eastwards towards the Caucasus and northwards into southern Germany, and may be regarded as the parent of the cultivated vine.

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