antiquous
antiquous adjective: having the characteristics of antiquity, without necessarily being ancient.
Adjective
antiquous (comparative more antiquous, superlative most antiquous)
- Having the characteristics of antiquity, without necessarily being ancient.
- ‘I don’t see any distinction about it,’ said Mrs. Dalyell; ‘I never paid much attention to such old stories. Oh, if you believe all the Dalyell stories⸺ By the way, Susie, I wish you to pronounce the name as I do—as everybody is doing now. “D’yell” is so common—it is what the ploughmen say.’ / ‘It...1892 January, Mrs. Oliphant, “The Strange Story of Mr. Robert Dalyell”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume XVIII, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], “Chapter II”, pages 100–101
- Susie Dalyell—or D’yell, as she prefers to call it, “in the true antiquous way”—is one of Mrs. Oliphant’s own charming little girls, a very Malaprop in her use of long words, and full of innocent palpitations, hopes, and fears.1897, The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama, page 712, column 2
Examples of antiquous in a sentence
- “D’yell” is so common—it is what the ploughmen say.’ / ‘It is the right old antiquous way,’ said Susie with energy, ‘and I like it far the best.1892 January, Mrs. Oliphant, “The Strange Story of Mr. Robert Dalyell”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume XVIII, London: Smith, Elder, &...
- The appellant was the antiquous proprietor, and claimed a portion of the lands, sought to be resumed and assessed, as forming part of his permanently assessed Zemindary.1930, The Privy Council Digest, 1836-1930, page 305, column 2:
- Such being the case it behoves to consider a very antiquous bifurcation of the genus Homo in the upper Pliocene.1947, Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, page 131:
- […]short bows, cold salutations, supercilious looks, unreturned smiles, distant behaviour, forced familiarity, antiquous expression, accidental justle, unkind repartee usw.1960, Günther Klotz, Das Werturteil des Erzählers: Formen der Bewertung der epischen Gestalten im “Tatler” und “Spectator”, page 155:
Forms of antiquous
| comparative | more antiquous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antiquous |
Origin of antiquous
From antique + -ous.
Questions about antiquous
- What does antiquous mean?
- Antiquous means having the characteristics of antiquity, without necessarily being ancient.
- How do you use antiquous in a sentence?
- “D’yell” is so common—it is what the ploughmen say.’ / ‘It is the right old antiquous way,’ said Susie with energy, ‘and I like it far the best.
- What part of speech is antiquous?
- Antiquous is an adjective.
Words near antiquous in the dictionary
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