vieux jeu

/ vjø ʒø /

adjective

1. old-fashioned

Word History and Origins

Origin of vieux jeu¹

literally: old game

Example Sentences

No amount of aesthetic top-dressing can disguise the fact that this paradigm is played out, and that the sentimental manipulation of women by men is starting to look very vieux jeu.

From The Guardian

That’s a large part of its appeal to theatergoers for whom being hip means knowing that you’re not hip, that the whole notion of hipness is so vieux jeu.

From New York Times

In English, at least, this all seems a tad vieux jeu.

From New York Times

In "Dorian Gray," Wilde gives free play to his ever-present longing to utter the dernier cri, to avoid all that was vieux jeu, and to fill with horror and amazement the souls of the stodgy bourgeoisie.

From Project Gutenberg

The clerical effort was by no means vieux jeu.

From Project Gutenberg