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vetust

vetust adjective: antique; ancient; old, in a positive way.

Adjective

vetust (comparative more vetust, superlative most vetust)

  1. (obsolete) antique; ancient; old, in a positive way

Forms of vetust

comparativemore vetust
superlativemost vetust

Origin of vetust

Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“old, ancient”).

Questions about vetust

What does vetust mean?
Vetust means antique; ancient; old, in a positive way.
What part of speech is vetust?
Vetust is an adjective.

Words near vetust in the dictionary

  1. vetulicolians
  2. vetulicolid
  3. vetulicolids
  4. Vetus Latina
  5. vetusol
  6. vetust
  7. vetustity
  8. vetusty
  9. vetyver
  10. vetyvers
  11. Vetzel

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