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old world
CIDE DICTIONARY
old world, n.
The combined territories of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Eastern Hemisphere, as distinguished from The Americas, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. [PJC]
THESAURUS
old world
Gothic, Victorian, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, classical, courtly, formal, fossil, fossilized, gallant, grown old, knightly, medieval, mid-Victorian, of other times, old-fashioned, petrified, superannuatedFor further exploring for "old world" in Webster Dictionary Online