ancientness
English
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editancientness (usually uncountable, plural ancientnesses)
- The state or quality of being ancient.
- 1894, Frank Richard Stockton, Pomona's Travels, page 257:
- Here we are in this wonderful town, where, if you can't see everything you want to see, you can generally see a sample of it, even if your fad happens to be the ancientnesses of Egypt.
Synonyms
edit- ancience, agedness, hoariness, venerability; see also Thesaurus:oldness
Translations
editState or quality of being ancient
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