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unancient

unancient adjective: not ancient.

Adjective

unancient (comparative more unancient, superlative most unancient)

  1. Not ancient.
    • It is almost unnecessary to point out the features of his work which could have no place in an old play. The first scene is obviously and notoriously unancient.1990, Charles F. Fraker, Celestina: Genre and Rhetoric, page 22

Forms of unancient

comparativemore unancient
superlativemost unancient

Origin of unancient

From un- + ancient.

Questions about unancient

What does unancient mean?
Unancient means not ancient.
What part of speech is unancient?
Unancient is an adjective.

Words near unancient in the dictionary

  1. unanchorable
  2. unanchored
  3. unanchoring
  4. unanchors
  5. unanchylosed
  6. unancient
  7. Unanderra
  8. unanealed
  9. unaneled
  10. unanesthetised
  11. unanesthetized

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