Meanings
- historicaluncountableThe Julian calendar system, especially with reference to Russia, where it continued to be used until the early 20th century.
As the [Manx] people reckon this festival according to the Old Style, Hollantide in the Isle of Man is our twelfth of November.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 2441 more example
The banded ones were all dressed in white gowns — a gay survival from Old Style days, when cheerfulness and May-time were synonyms — days before the habit of taking long views had reduced emotions to a monotonous average.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 16 - historicaluncountableA dating system in which March 25 is the New Year's Day.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
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Old Style. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Style
“Old Style.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Style. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Style,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Style.
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