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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, borrowed itself from Latin antīquitās.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /anˌtikwiˈteː/, /anˈtikwiˌteː/

Noun edit

antiquyte (uncountable)

  1. Antiquity; former ages or times.
  2. The length of time an institution has existed for.
  3. (rare) The quality of being old; senescence.

Descendants edit

  • English: antiquity, Antiquity

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