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antiquehood en · NOUN

Etymology

From antique + -hood.

Meanings

1. (rare, uncountable) The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.
   • [...] there will be good reproductions (some of the reproductions themselves are over 100 years old, and even current ones will some day enjoy their own antiquehood). 1972, Leona G. Rubin, How to defend yourself at auctions:
   • Alas, after comparing the current list with the list for my college class of 2005, I seem to be approaching antique-hood—[...] 2011, Adam Thomas, Digital Disciple: Real Christianity in a Virtual World:
   • I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood. 1990, Jonathan Gash, Moonspender: A Lovejoy Novel of Suspense:

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Relateds

antiqueness · antiquedom