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antique

adj
/ˌanˈtiːk/UK/ˌænˈtik/CA/ˌænˈtiːk//ʔɐnˈti.kɛ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

  1. derived from antiquus — “former, earlier, ancient, old”
  2. borrowed from antique — “ancient, old”

Definitions

  1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity

    Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.

    • Not that great Champion of the antique world, / Whom famous Poets verse so much doth daunt, / And hath for twelue huge labours high extold, / So many furies and sharp fits did haunt, / […]
    • I met a traveller from an antique land

  2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.

    • Some traditions of this antiquer system may have passed into Van Eyck's method, from distemper into oil, and thence downwards, gradually more vague, into the modern process, till they at length disappeared altogether about Rubens's time.

  3. Designating a style of type.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Embossed without gilt.

    2. Synonym of old (“of color

      Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”).

    3. Synonym of antic, specifically

    4. In general, anything very old

      In general, anything very old; specifically:

    5. A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal…

      A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.

    6. To search or shop for antiques.

      • Once our daughter-in-love, Janis, went antiquing with us because she and our firstborn, Matthew, were in the market for some bedroom furniture.

    7. To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.

    8. To emboss without gilding.

    9. A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital

      A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: San Jose de Buenavista.

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Derived

advertique, antique brass, antique car, antique crown, antiquely, antique rose, antique ruby, antique satin, antique shop, antique store, antique white, antiquification, antiquify, antiquist, antiquization, antiquize, antiquous, late antique, pseudoantique, subantique, unantique, nonantique, antiquarium, antiquedom, antiquehood, antiqueness, antiquey, mantique, modern antique, antiquer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA