antique

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an elderly man
  2. noun any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
  3. verb shop for antiques

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer

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