Ancient
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[[Image:The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins]]'' ([[1778]]-[[1779|79]]) by [[Fuseli|Henry Fuseli]]]] | [[Image:The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins]]'' ([[1778]]-[[1779|79]]) by [[Fuseli|Henry Fuseli]]]] | ||
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- | '''Ancient''' refers to something having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very [[old]] as in ''an ancient city''; or; existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with [[antiquity]]; [[old]], as opposed to [[modern]]. | + | '''Ancient''' refers to something having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration, of great age, very [[old]] as in ''an ancient city''; or; existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages, belonging to or associated with [[antiquity]], [[old]], as opposed to [[modern]]. |
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Ancient refers to something having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration, of great age, very old as in an ancient city; or; existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages, belonging to or associated with antiquity, old, as opposed to modern.
Etymology
From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien (“old”), from Latin root *anteanus, from ante (“before”). Compare antique.
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