TRADITION, TRADITIONAL
ADJECTIVES
► BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested → 1930s African-American sl.
► TRADITIOUS of the nature of tradition; that has been passed down as a tradition; traditional → 1612 obs.
► WHITE-BREAD very traditional, ordinary, and unadventurous in one’s tastes or values → Bk1995 US sl.
NOUNS
► CABBALA an unwritten tradition → 1641 obs.
► CUSTOMARY the customs of a country, society, etc., collectively; a body of customs or traditions → 1796 obs. rare
► THREAP a tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report → 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THREEN ► THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature → 1720 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FART-HEAD a conservative, traditional old person → 1990s sl.
VERBS
► TRADITIONATE to teach by tradition → 1856 Amer.
Lexicophilia 