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adjective

Antique adj.

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. "For the antique world excess and pride did hate."

Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words."

Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

Odd; fantastic. (In this sense, written antic)

Synonyms: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient.

noun

Antique n. In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. "Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques."

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"Antique" Quotes from Famous Books

... store on the corner for photographs, and to the little antique shop opposite, where they bought quaint Etruscan ornaments to take away as souvenirs,—and then gave themselves to exploring the city; after which they all confessed to having fallen somewhat under the spell ...

— Barbara's Heritage - Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters • Deristhe L. Hoyt

... blanche, et son costume etait tres pittoresque, it was sans s'e carter cependant assez des usages recus pour que l'on put y trouver de l'affectation; and I suppose, if one should now suddenly collapse from conventional rotundity to antique statuesqueness, the great "on" would very readily "y trouver de l'affectation." Nevertheless, though one must dress in Rome as Romans do, and though the Roman way of dressing is, taking all things into the account, as good as any, and if not more graceful, a thousand times ...

— Gala-days • Gail Hamilton

... city one Sunday, and lying down in the fields under the trees, for a time he grew forgetful of misery. He went once more into the world of dreams. He, or the creature of his imagination, some shadow of himself, lived in and roamed through antique forests where the wonderful days were unbroken by sense of sorrow. Childhood shared in an all-pervading exultation; through the pulses of youth ran the fiery energy that quickened the world; and this shadow of the dreamer dwelling amid ...

— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell

... somewhat severe; a few friends, too, had favorably judged some fragments. I had bound up my poetical treasure in green, a color of good omen for my hopes of fame; but I had not shown it to my mother, whose chaste and pious purity of mind might have taken alarm at the more antique than Christian voluptuousness of some of my elegies. I hoped that the simple grace and the winged enthusiasm of my poetry might please some intelligent publisher, who would buy my volume, or at least consent ...

— Raphael - Pages Of The Book Of Life At Twenty • Alphonse de Lamartine

... of all the Montanaros in a black lace gown worth twopence! When I think of her mother's beauty and her toilets! Does she ever wear the sapphires? Has anyone ever seen her in them? Eleven large stones in a lovely antique setting, and the great Valdez sapphire—worth thousands and thousands—for the pendant." No one replied. "I wanted to get a rise out of the bishop to-night. It used to make him so mad ...

— The Lock And Key Library - Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English • Various

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