antique

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Old and valuable because of its age and history.

   She inherited a beautiful antique clock from her grandmother.

2. 2
   noun

   An old and valuable object collected because of its age.

   They sell rare antiques in the little shop on the corner.

3. 3
   verb

   To look for or shop for antiques.

   The couple spent the weekend antiquing in small country towns.

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

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