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antiquedom

antiquedom noun: the world of antiques or of things old; antiquity.

Noun

antiquedom (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, rare) The world of antiques or of things old; antiquity.
    • The exotic atmosphere of the whole queer underworld of antiquedom and of collector-cranks spicily pervades the hook. Yet this, after all, is but the sauce of the dish. The viand itself is the exasperating yet lovable humanness of humanity.1915, Life
    • To such folk as qualify in the class of small collectors I recommend excursions into the obscure bypaths of antiquedom.1935, The Magazine Antiques

Examples of antiquedom in a sentence

  • And every now and then he branches off into some other form of antiquedom.1980, Ernie Pyle, Images of Brown County:
  • Without them, Christianity could not be, Catholicism would shrivel into antiquedom.1990, John Carmody, Roman Catholicism: An Introduction:
  • Why is a watch that does nothing but keep time an endangered species, doomed to antiquedom?1998, Leonard I. Sweet, 11 Genetic Gateways to Spiritual Awakening:

Origin of antiquedom

From antique + -dom.

Questions about antiquedom

What does antiquedom mean?
Antiquedom means the world of antiques or of things old; antiquity.
How do you use antiquedom in a sentence?
And every now and then he branches off into some other form of antiquedom.
What part of speech is antiquedom?
Antiquedom is a noun.

Words near antiquedom in the dictionary

  1. antique store
  2. antique stores
  3. antique white
  4. antique whites
  5. antiqued
  6. antiquedom
  7. antiqueen
  8. antiqueer
  9. antiquehood
  10. antiquely
  11. antiquencher

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