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Antonyms for antiquity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-tik-wi-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtɪk wɪ ti

Definition of antiquity

Origin :
  • late 14c., "olden times," from Old French antiquitet (11c.; Modern French antiquité) "olden times; great age; old age," from Latin antiquitatem (nominative antiquitas) "ancient times, antiquity, venerableness," noun of quality from antiquus (see antique (adj.)). Specific reference to ancient Greece and Rome is from mid-15c.; meaning "quality of being old" is from about the same time. Antiquities "relics of ancient days" is from 1510s.
  • noun old object
  • noun oldness
  • noun distant past
Example sentences :
  • Even in antiquity the wiseacres took our royal buffoon too seriously.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Their precise age and antiquity have been disputed with some acrimony.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • It was worth while going to Chteau-Chinon for the sight of such a piece of antiquity as that!
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Of the antiquity of the drama of Ollantay there is now no question.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • But enough, and perhaps too much, for the question of its antiquity.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The belief of their antiquity is confirmed by religious mysteries.
  • Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
  • Can we suppose that he is ignorant of antiquity, and therefore has recourse to invention?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The older philosophers were great and awful; and they had the charm of antiquity.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • With him, and with the dead city, the riddles of antiquity are cleared up.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • The curiosities in the department of antiquity of the museum are of intense interest.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Synonyms for antiquity

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