antiquarian

see definition of antiquarian

adjold, ancient

Synonyms for antiquarian

adj old, ancient

Antonyms for antiquarian

collector

noun. one who collects specimens

collectors

noun. one who collects specimens

Word Origin & History

"one who studies or is fond of antiquities," c.1600, from Latin antiquarius "pertaining to antiquity," from antiquus (see antique (adj.)) + -an. As an adjective from 1771.

Example Sentences for antiquarian

Such an act of antiquarian barbarism happily has few imitators.

Nor does anybody, save here and there an antiquarian, read Shepard and Hooker and Mayhew.

The antiquary is a collector; the antiquarian a student or writer.

He was also a painter of considerable merit, a writer and an antiquarian.

His name was Ottaviani, and he was also an antiquarian of some repute.

To be an antiquary is one thing, and to be an antiquarian romancer is another.

I have had a sniff of it already in the proceedings of the Antiquarian Society.

These last have an interest indeed, but it is an interest of an antiquarian character.

Antiquarian had better send a rubbing from the oak cover in question.

Hoyt, Antiquarian Researches, gives a valuable account of it.

antiquarian

Synonyms for antiquarian

Antonyms for antiquarian

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