ye olde

From Middle English ye olde, a spelling variant of þe olde (literally “the old”).

• (properly) IPA^(key): /ði oʊld/, /ðiː əʊld/
• (commonly) (UK) IPA^(key): /jiː əʊld/, /jiː əʊldi/; (US) IPA^(key): /ji oʊld/

ye olde

1. Faux-archaic form of the old

   I'm not wasting my time going to lectures given by ye olde professor Jones.

   Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe.

2. Pseudo-archaic, pertaining to a historically inaccurate invocation of pre-modern times.

• Jocularly added as an adjective to modern nouns to indicate that something is either outmoded or comfortably old fashioned. See Etymology 2 of ye (“the”) for more on how the spelling arose.

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