antique

antique
   Of ancient times, or an object made in a bygone era. Especially of the ages before the fall of the Western Roman Empire in CE 476. Also, ancient furniture and other artifacts. And, plaster casts of classical sculptures used in drawing classes to study form. The word antique is sometimes used very loosely to refer to any object in order to impart a sense of its being old. Sellers of old stuff — antiques — often use this means of emphasizing their wares' aged qualities. For the purposes of U.S. customs, an object made at least one hundred years prior to the date of its entry into the U.S. Also see antiquarianism, antiquing, and antiquity, Buddhist art, Egyptian art, Etruscan art, Greek art, Hindu art, Islamic art, Roman art, and Stone Age art. Also see allegory and patina.
   Anything that is pre-1900.

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  • antique — [ ɑ̃tik ] adj. et n. • XIIIe ; anti(f), a. fr.; lat. antiquus « très ancien » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Vx Qui appartient à une époque reculée, à un lointain passé. « Je viens, selon l usage antique et solennel » (Racine ). « Chante la berceuse antique »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • antique — ANTIQUE. adj. des 2 g. Fort ancien. Il est opposé à Moderne; et il ne se dit qu en parlant Des choses d un temps fort reculé. Les monumens antiques. Monnoie antique. Statue antique. Pièce antique. Palais antique. La simplicité des moeurs antiques …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Antique — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para la provincia filipina, véase Provincia de Antique. Antique Elena Paparizou y Nikos Panagiotidis …   Wikipedia Español

  • antique — Antique. adj. de tout genre. Fort ancien, qui est depuis un long temps. Les monuments antiques. monnoye antique. statuë antique. piece antique. Il est opposé à moderne. Antique, Marque ordinairement plus d âge & de vieillesse qu ancien. & ne se… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Antique — Группа Antique. Елена Папаризу (Elena Paparizou), Никос Панайотидис (Nikos Panagiotidis); Основная информация Жанр …   Википедия

  • Antique — An*tique , a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • antique — [adj1] old aged, ancient, elderly, obsolescent, obsolete, outdated, out of date, prehistoric, superannuated; concepts 578,797 Ant. modern, new, recent, up to date antique [adj2] old fashioned antiquarian, archaic, classic, obsolete, olden,… …   New thesaurus

  • antique — Antique, Antiquus. Il sent son antique, Antiquitatem redolet. Fait à l antique, Antiquo opere ac summa arte factum …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • antique — [an tēk′] adj. [Fr < L antiquus, ancient, old < ante, before] 1. of ancient times; ancient; old 2. out of date; old fashioned 3. in the style of classical antiquity 4. of, or in the style of, a former period 5. dealing in antiques n …   English World dictionary

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