ˈout-of-ˈdate, adj. phr.
[See out of prep. phr. III and date n. 27.]
That continues to exist beyond its proper date or time; obsolete. Also absol.
| 1628 Earle Microcosm., Blunt Man (Arb.) 55 Hee sweares olde out of date innocent othes. a 1684 Leighton Serm. Wks. (1868) 528 This was to him out-of-date useless stuff. 1887 Spectator 19 Mar. 395/1 There are chapters in this out-of-date book that deserve to be studied. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 Aug. 132/1 This column..is apt to specialise in the out-of-date. 1938 Times 27 Aug. 3/5 There is to the comparatively un⁓modern and out of date something indefinably comforting in a winning score of 300. |