antiquehood

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noun

The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.

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Meanings

nounantiquehood (uncountable)

alternative antique-hood

  1. rareuncountableThe state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.

    Alas, after comparing the current list with the list for my college class of 2005, I seem to be approaching antique-hood—[...]

    2011, Adam Thomas, Digital Disciple: Real Christianity in a Virtual World
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    [...] there will be good reproductions (some of the reproductions themselves are over 100 years old, and even current ones will some day enjoy their own antiquehood).

    1972, Leona G. Rubin, How to defend yourself at auctions

    I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood.

    1990, Jonathan Gash, Moonspender: A Lovejoy Novel of Suspense

Origin

From antique + -hood.

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

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

Chicago

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

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