antiquyte
Middle English
Alternative forms
- antyquyte, antiquite, antiquytee
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, borrowed itself from Latin antīquitās.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˌtikwiˈteː/, /anˈtikwiˌteː/
Noun
antiquyte (uncountable)
- Antiquity; former ages or times.
- The length of time an institution has existed for.
- (rare) The quality of being old; senescence.
Descendants
- English: antiquity, Antiquity
References
- “antiquitẹ̄, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.