 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
passe
adjective: 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},
{passee}]
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superseded by something more recent; outmoded[2];
out-of-date.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Syn: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.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 Unfashionably out of date; out of style.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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "passe":
ago, antiquated, antique, archaic, back number, behind the times,
belated, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, dated, dead,
dead and buried, deceased, defunct, demode, departed, disused,
elapsed, expired, extinct, finished, forgotten, gone,
gone glimmering, gone out, gone-by, has-been, irrecoverable,
lapsed, no more, obsolescent, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned,
out, out of date, out of style, out of use, outmoded, outworn,
over, passed, passed away, past, quaint, run out, superseded,
unfashionable, vanished, wizard, wound up
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