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antiquitous

antiquitous adjective: pertaining to antiquity; ancient.

Adjective

antiquitous (comparative more antiquitous, superlative most antiquitous)

  1. Pertaining to antiquity; ancient.
    • had long before rendered it obvious that man, in all his diversity, is a very antiquitous denizen of the earth.1865, Joseph Barnard Davis, John Thurnam, Crania Britannica
    • Egypt antiquitous - thou palace of the Nile ; Tomb of the Pharoahs - stay a while.1880, James Oliver Miller, A Picture of Life

Forms of antiquitous

comparativemore antiquitous
superlativemost antiquitous

Origin of antiquitous

From antiquity + -ous.

Questions about antiquitous

What does antiquitous mean?
Antiquitous means pertaining to antiquity; ancient.
What part of speech is antiquitous?
Antiquitous is an adjective.

Words near antiquitous in the dictionary

  1. antiquitization
  2. antiquitize
  3. antiquitized
  4. antiquitizes
  5. antiquitizing
  6. antiquitous
  7. antiquity
  8. antiquization
  9. antiquizations
  10. antiquize
  11. antiquized

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