antiquarianize

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verb

To act the part of an antiquary.

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Meanings

verbantiquarianize (third-person singular simple present antiquarianizes, present participle antiquarianizing, simple past and past participle antiquarianized)

present singular third person antiquarianizes · participle present antiquarianizing · participle past antiquarianized · past antiquarianized · alternative antiquarianise

  1. colloquialdatedintransitiveTo act the part of an antiquary.

    She talks to old women, and tracks rare flowers, and sketches and photographs and geologizes and antiquarianizes and gets burnt till she won't be fit to wear a low dress for a month, and looks uncommonly well on it all the time.

    1901, Mary H. Debenham, Una's friends: their holiday in fairyland

Origin

From antiquarian + -ize.

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APA

antiquarianize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarianize

MLA

“antiquarianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarianize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiquarianize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarianize.

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