ANTIQUE


Meaning of ANTIQUE in English

■ noun a decorative object that is valuable because of its age.

■ adjective

1》 (of an object) valuable because of its age.

2》 belonging to the distant past.

↘old-fashioned or outdated.

■ verb ( ~s , antiquing , ~d ) make (something) resemble an ~ by artificial means.

Origin

C15: from L. antiquus , anticus 'former, ancient', from ante 'before'.

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