English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Antique
(a.)
Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue.
In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and
Rome.
Antiquely
(adv.)
In an antique manner.
Antiqueness
(n.)
The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient
origin and workmanship.
Antiquist
(n.)
An antiquary; a collector of antiques.
Antiquitarian
(n.)
An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a
disparaging sense.]
Antiquities
(pl. )
of Antiquity
Antiquity
(n.)
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a
statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the
plural.]
Antiquity
(n.)
An old gentleman.
Antiquity
(n.)
The ancients; the people of ancient times.
Antiquity
(n.)
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as,
Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
Antiquity
(n.)
Old age.
Antiquity
(n.)
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age;
as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
Antirachitic
(a.)
Good against the rickets.
Antirenter
(n.)
One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those
who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons
from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Antisabbatarian
(n.)
One of a sect which opposes the observance of the
Christian Sabbath.
Antisacerdotal
(a.)
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
Antiscians
(n. pl.)
Alt. of Antiscii
Antiscii
(n. pl.)
The inhabitants of the earth, living on different
sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite
directions.
Antiscoletic
(a.)
Alt. of Antiscolic
Antiscolic
(a.)
Anthelmintic.