antique
English
Etymology
From French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante- and antic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antique (comparative antiquer, superlative antiquest)
- Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
- “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
Related terms
Translations
old; out of date
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Noun
antique (plural antiques)
- An old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.
- (figuratively, mildly pejorative) An old person.
Translations
old piece
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Verb
antique (third-person singular simple present antiques, present participle antiquing, simple past and past participle antiqued)
- (intransitive) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
- (transitive) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
External links
- antique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- antique in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911