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antiquehood

antiquehood noun: the state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.

Noun

antiquehood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.
    • [...] there will be good reproductions (some of the reproductions themselves are over 100 years old, and even current ones will some day enjoy their own antiquehood).1972, Leona G. Rubin, How to defend yourself at auctions
    • I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood.1990, Jonathan Gash, Moonspender: A Lovejoy Novel of Suspense

Forms of antiquehood

alternative formantique-hood

Origin of antiquehood

From antique + -hood.

Questions about antiquehood

What does antiquehood mean?
Antiquehood means the state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.
What part of speech is antiquehood?
Antiquehood is a noun.

Words near antiquehood in the dictionary

  1. antique whites
  2. antiqued
  3. antiquedom
  4. antiqueen
  5. antiqueer
  6. antiquehood
  7. antiquely
  8. antiquencher
  9. antiquenchers
  10. antiqueness
  11. antiquer

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