olden

adjective

old·​en ˈōl-dən How to pronounce olden (audio)
: of or relating to a bygone era

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What was life like in the olden days?
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With Gerrit Cole out for the year, one of baseball’s most hallowed stats — The Win — has never felt more like a vestige of the olden days, kind of like VHS machines, the BlackBerry and the land line. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Tim Kurkjian, a Hall of Fame baseball writer, gave quirky stats and told stories of the olden days when dinosaurs like Earl Weaver roamed the earth. Paul Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025 Back in the olden days, all discussion surrounding individual players involved boxcar statistics (games, goals, assists, points) and the eye test. Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 Photograph: Getty Images In olden times, people dug holes in the ground to look for gold. Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for olden

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of olden was in the 14th century

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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olden. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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olden

adjective
old·​en ˈōl-dən How to pronounce olden (audio)
: of or relating to earlier days

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