English Words Starting With O

• old low franconian

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˌləʊ fræŋˈkəʊ.ni.ən/The early medieval West Germanic language that was the direct ancestor of modern Dutch and was spoken in the Low Countries and adjacent Rhineland areas from roughly the 9th to the 12th centuries.
• old low german

  nounC2 (Very low frequency; specialist/academic term)
  /ˌəʊld ˌləʊ ˈdʒɜː.mən/An early historical form of the German language, spoken roughly from the 8th to the 12th century in northern Germany, and the direct ancestor of Low German dialects and Plattdeutsch.
• old maid

  nounMedium (decreasing for the primary sense)
  /ˌəʊld ˈmeɪd/An older, unmarried woman (often considered a dated and potentially offensive term).
• old man

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈmæn/An elderly male person; a man who has lived for many years.
• old man and the sea, the

  nounC1/C2
  /ðiː ˌəʊld ˌmæn ən ðə ˈsiː/The title of a 1952 Pulitzer Prize-winning novella by Ernest Hemingway.
• old man of the sea

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˌmæn əv ðə ˈsiː/A person who is a persistent, burdensome, or oppressive companion who is difficult to get rid of.
• old man of the woods

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˌmæn əv ðə ˈwʊdz/A type of edible mushroom (Strobilomyces strobilaceus) with a shaggy, greyish-black cap resembling an old man's beard.
• old master

  nounlow
  /ˌəʊld ˈmɑːstə(r)/A distinguished European painter from the period roughly 1300 to 1800, especially of the 15th–18th centuries.
• old media

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈmiːdiə/Traditional forms of mass communication and information dissemination, such as print, radio, and broadcast television, characterised by one-to-many distribution and centralised editorial control, existing before the digital revolution.
• old mine cut

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈmaɪn ˌkʌt/A specific style of antique diamond cut popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, characterized by a square or cushion shape with a high crown, small table, and large, often irregular facets.
• old money

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈmʌni/Wealth that has been inherited through several generations of a family, typically associated with long-established upper-class families.
• old moon

  nounLow-frequency; poetic/specialist
  /ˈəʊld ˈmuːn/The phase of the Moon immediately before the New Moon, when only a thin, waning crescent is visible shortly before dawn.
• old nick

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency, archaic/literary)
  /ˌəʊld ˈnɪk/A colloquial or humorous name for the Devil, Satan.
• old norse

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈnɔːs/The North Germanic language spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age until about 1300 CE.
• old north french

  nounLow (C2)
  /əʊld nɔːθ ˈfrentʃ/The historical dialect of Old French spoken in the northern regions of France, particularly associated with Normandy and Picardy.
• old northwest

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˌnɔːθˈwest/A specific historical region of the United States, comprising the area north of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi River, and south of the Great Lakes.
• old norwegian

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld nɔːˈwiːdʒən/The historical language spoken in Norway between approximately 1150 and 1350 AD, a form of Old Norse.
• old orchard beach

  nounLow (Proper noun, specific location)
  /ˌəʊld ˈɔː.tʃəd biːtʃ/A specific coastal town and beach in York County, Maine, United States, known as a popular seaside resort destination.
• old persian

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈpɜː.ʒən/The historical Iranian language used in the Achaemenid Empire (c. 600–300 BC), directly attested in cuneiform inscriptions.
• old portuguese

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˌpɔː.tʃəˈɡiːz/The historical stage of the Portuguese language spoken from approximately the 9th to the 16th century, before significant linguistic standardization.

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