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ancient
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?n.(t)??nt/
Etymology 1
From Middle English auncyen, borrowed from Old French ancien (“old”), from Vulgar Latin root *anteanus, from Latin ante (“before”). Compare antique.
Alternative forms
- anchient, aunchient, auncient, auntient, awncient, awntient (obsolete)
- antient (obsolete outside freemasonry)
Adjective
ancient (comparative ancienter or more ancient, superlative ancientest or most ancient)
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- (historical) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
- 1550, Thomas Cranmer, A Defence of the True and Catholick Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ; with a Confutation of sundry Errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's Holy Word, and approved by the consent of the most ancient Doc. tors of the Church
- approved by the consent of the moste ancient doctors of the Churche [part of the book title]
- 1550, Thomas Cranmer, A Defence of the True and Catholick Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ; with a Confutation of sundry Errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's Holy Word, and approved by the consent of the most ancient Doc. tors of the Church
- (obsolete) Former; sometime.
Synonyms
- (very old): aged, eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
Antonyms
- modern
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
ancient (plural ancients)
- A person who is very old.
- A person who lived in ancient times.
- (Britain, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
- (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Junius and Andronicus […] in Christianity […] were his ancients.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
Synonyms
- (person who is very old): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
- (person who lived in ancient times): antique
- (predecessor): antecessor, forerunner; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
Etymology 2
Corruption of ensign.
Noun
ancient (plural ancients)
- (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- I got all things ready as he had directed, and waited the next morning with the boat washed clean, her ancient and pendants out, and everything to accommodate his guests..
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- (obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign
References
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [2]
- ancient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ancient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ancient at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cantine, catenin, enactin
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aged
English
Alternative forms
- agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)
Pronunciation
- (all senses) IPA(key): /e?d?d/, enPR: ?jd
- (alternative for adjective or noun senses) IPA(key): /?e?.d??d/, enPR: ??j?d
Adjective
aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)
- Old.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.
- 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:
- John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
- 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:
- Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
Synonyms
- (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
- (having the age of): -year-old
- (undergone effects of time): matured
Translations
Noun
aged pl (plural only)
- Old people, collectively.
Translations
Verb
aged
- simple past tense and past participle of age
Anagrams
- Gade, egad, gade
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