From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Old-fashioned \Old'-fash"ioned\, adjective 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.
This old-fashioned, quaint abode. --Longfellow.
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 Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2]; out-of-date.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Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.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 Unfashionably out of date; out of style.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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pass'e \Pas's['e]"\, masc. Pass'ee \Pas's['e]"e\, fem., adjective [F.] Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a pass['e]e belle. --Ld. Lytton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: {antique}, {demode}, {ex}, {old-fashioned}, {old-hat(p)}, {outmoded}, {passe}]
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