altbacken
Meaning
- stale (no longer fresh)
- dowdy, old-fashioned
Concepts
stale
dowdy
old-fashioned
démodé
fusty
old-time
ossified
out of date
rococo
stodgy
unfashionable
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaltˌbakən/
Etymology
From Middle High German altbacken. By surface analysis, alt + gebacken with syncope of the prefix (as in hausbacken). Compare Dutch oudbakken.
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