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ancientness

ancientness noun: the state or quality of being ancient.

Noun

ancientness (usually uncountable, plural ancientnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being ancient.
    • 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.1894, Frank Richard Stockton, Pomona's Travels, page 257

ancientness meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

ancientness in Tamil

தொல்லை, பழமை

ancientness in Urdu

قدامت

ancientness in Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಚೀನತೆ, ಹಳೆಯತನ

Synonyms of ancientness

Forms of ancientness

pluralancientnesses
alternative form (obsolete)auncientnesse

Origin of ancientness

From ancient + -ness.

Questions about ancientness

What does ancientness mean?
Ancientness means the state or quality of being ancient.
What is ancientness in Tamil?
Ancientness in Tamil is தொல்லை, பழமை. See Ancientness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ancientness?
Ancientness is a noun.
What is the plural of ancientness?
The plural of ancientness is ancientnesses.

Words near ancientness in the dictionary

  1. ancienter
  2. ancientest
  3. ancientism
  4. anciently
  5. ancientmost
  6. ancientness
  7. ancientnesses
  8. ancientries
  9. ancientry
  10. ancients
  11. ancienty

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ancientness (page history and authors); ancientness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ancientness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ancientness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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