noun
Old-world quality or character, quaintness; absence of modernity.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Architectural Review. From old-worldly + -ness, after worldliness.
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Old-world quality or character, quaintness; absence of modernity.
1930s; earliest use found in Architectural Review. From old-worldly + -ness, after worldliness.