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antiquehood

noun

Etymology

From antique + -hood.

  1. derived from antiquus — “former, earlier, ancient, old”
  2. borrowed from antique — “ancient, old”
  3. suffixed as antiquehood — “antique + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old

    The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.

    • [...] there will be good reproductions (some of the reproductions themselves are over 100 years old, and even current ones will some day enjoy their own antiquehood).
    • I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood.
    • Alas, after comparing the current list with the list for my college class of 2005, I seem to be approaching antique-hood—[...]

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