antiquarianize en · VERB
Etymology
From antiquarian + -ize.
Meanings
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(colloquial, dated, intransitive) To act the part of an antiquary.
She talks to old women, and tracks rare flowers, and sketches and photographs and geologizes and antiquarianizes and gets burnt till she won't be fit to wear a low dress for a month, and looks uncommonly well on it all the time.
1901, Mary H. Debenham, Una's friends: their holiday in fairyland:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antiquarianizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| antiquarianized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| antiquarianized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| antiquarianizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| antiquarianise | alternative | lexicographic |