English Words Starting With O

• old dart

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˈdɑːt/An affectionate or nostalgic slang term for England, particularly used by Australians and New Zealanders.
• old delhi

  nounB1
  /ˌəʊld ˈdɛli/The historic, walled section of Delhi, India, which served as the capital of the Mughal Empire.
• old dominion

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld dəˈmɪnjən/The official nickname for the U.S. state of Virginia, reflecting its historical status as England's oldest and largest colony in North America.
• old dutch

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˈdʌtʃ/A brand name for various food products (notably potato chips and snacks), originally Canadian, later international.
• old english

  nounA1 (Extremely High Frequency)
  /əʊld/Having lived or existed for a long time; not new or young.
• old english pattern

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ ˈpæt.ən/A design or artistic style originating from or characteristic of England before c.1150, often featuring interlaced, zoomorphic, and geometric motifs (like those found in the Lindisfarne Gospels or Anglo-Saxon metalwork).
• old english sheepdog

  nounMedium-Low
  /ˌəʊld ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ ˈʃiːp.dɒɡ/A breed of large, long-haired working dog originally bred in England for herding sheep.
• old face

  nounLow-medium
  /əʊld feɪs/A person who is familiar or has been present in a particular place, organisation, or field for a long time; an old acquaintance or veteran.
• old faithful

  nounB2
  /ˌəʊld ˈfeɪθ.fəl/A person or thing that is reliable and consistently dependable over a long period.
• old fart

  nounC1-C2
  /ˌəʊld ˈfɑːt/A humorous, mildly derogatory term for an older person, especially one perceived as being behind the times, set in their ways, or overly conservative.
• old fellow

  nounMedium-Low
  /ˌəʊld ˈfɛləʊ/A friendly, informal, and often affectionate term of address or reference for a man, especially one who is familiar or senior.
• old field

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˈfiːld/A piece of land that was once cultivated for crops but has been abandoned and has reverted to a wild, often grassy or shrubby, state.
• old flemish

  nounLow / Rare
  /ˌəʊld ˈflemɪʃ/The historical West Germanic language or dialect group spoken in the medieval County of Flanders and surrounding regions, predating modern standard Dutch.
• old fogy

  nounLow-medium
  /ˌəʊld ˈfəʊɡi/a person who is old-fashioned and resistant to change, typically older and set in their ways
• old franconian

  nounC1/C2 / Highly Specialized
  /ˌəʊld fræŋˈkəʊniən/A West Germanic language, or group of closely related dialects, spoken by the Franks from roughly the 3rd to the 9th centuries AD.
• old french

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈfrentʃ/The Romance language spoken in northern France from approximately the 9th to the 14th centuries, the historical stage of the language that developed from Vulgar Latin and evolved into Middle French.
• old frisian

  nounVery Low
  /ˌəʊld ˈfrɪziən/An extinct West Germanic language historically spoken by the Frisian people along the North Sea coast, and the ancestor of modern Frisian languages.
• old fustic

  nounRare
  /ˌəʊld ˈfʌstɪk/The yellowish-brown wood from a tree of the mulberry family (Maclura tinctoria), or a yellow dye extracted from it.
• old girl

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈɡɜːl/A familiar, often affectionate, term for an older woman, or for a former female student of a school.
• old glory

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈɡlɔːri/The flag of the United States of America.

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