unancient

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adjective

Not ancient.

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Meanings

adjectiveunancient (comparative more unancient, superlative most unancient)

comparative more unancient · superlative most unancient

  1. Not ancient.

    It is almost unnecessary to point out the features of his work which could have no place in an old play. The first scene is obviously and notoriously unancient.

    1990, Charles F. Fraker, Celestina: Genre and Rhetoric, page 22

Origin

From un- + ancient.

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APA

unancient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unancient

MLA

“unancient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unancient. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unancient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unancient.

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