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antiquity
English
Alternative forms
- antiquitie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English antiquyte, antiquite, antiquytee, a borrowing from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus; see antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æn?t?k.w?.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /æn?t?k.w?.ti/
Noun
antiquity (countable and uncountable, plural antiquities)
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
- The people of ancient times.
- That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed.
- (obsolete) An old gentleman.
- 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub
- You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
- 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub
- (historical) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
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Further reading
- antiquity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- antiquity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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vetust
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“old, ancient”).
Adjective
vetust (comparative more vetust, superlative most vetust)
- (obsolete) venerable from antiquity; ancient; old
Romanian
Etymology
From French vétuste, from Latin vetustus.
Adjective
vetust m or n (feminine singular vetust?, masculine plural vetu?ti, feminine and neuter plural vetuste)
- outdated, obsolete
Declension
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