antique : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: antique	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for antique
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antique adj made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture" out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" Synonym(s): antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" Synonym(s): age-old, antique n an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique] any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity v shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture" Synonym(s): antique, antiquate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antique \Antique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.] 1. 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. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antique \An*tique"\, n. [F. See {Antique}, a. ] 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. --Byron.