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antiquitarian

UK/ænˌtɪ.kwɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ænˌtɪ.kwəˈtɛɹi.ən/

antiquitarian is the alternative form of antiquarian.

Meaning of antiquarian

Adjective

antiquarian (comparative more antiquarian, superlative most antiquarian)

  1. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.
    • antiquarian literature

See all 2 meanings of antiquarian

Forms of antiquitarian

pluralantiquitarians

Origin of antiquitarian

From Latin antīquitās + -arian. By surface analysis, antiquity + -arian or antiquitary + -an.

Words formed from antiquitarian

Words that rhyme with antiquitarian

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Questions about antiquitarian

What is antiquitarian the alternative form of?
Antiquitarian is the alternative form of antiquarian.
How do you pronounce antiquitarian?
Antiquitarian is pronounced /ænˌtɪ.kwɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).

Words near antiquitarian in the dictionary

  1. antiquised
  2. antiquises
  3. antiquising
  4. antiquist
  5. antiquists
  6. antiquitarian
  7. antiquitarianism
  8. antiquitarians
  9. antiquitaries
  10. antiquitary
  11. antiquitech

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiquitarian (page history and authors); antiquarian (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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