Colloquial Variant guide
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adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who browses for antiques.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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History
Etymology tree English antique Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English antiquer From antique + -er.
