Ancient
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+ | [[Image:The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Artist's Despair Before the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins]]'' (1778-80) by [[Henry Fuseli]]]] | ||
[[Image:Western face of the Greek Parthenon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[1872]] [[photograph]] of the western face of the [[Greek]] [[Parthenon]]]] | [[Image:Western face of the Greek Parthenon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[1872]] [[photograph]] of the western face of the [[Greek]] [[Parthenon]]]] | ||
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- | *Very [[old]] | + | '''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]]. |
- | == See also == | + | |
- | *[[Ancient history]] | + | ==Etymology== |
- | ====Related terms==== | + | |
- | * [[antic]] | + | From Middle English ''auncyen'', from Old French ''ancien'' (“old”), from Latin root *''anteanus'', from ''ante'' (“before”). Compare [[antique]]. |
- | * [[antique]] | + | |
- | * [[antiquary]] | + | ==Antonyms== |
- | * [[antiquarian]] | + | * [[Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns]] |
- | * [[antiquated]] | + | * [[Ancient history]] |
- | * [[antiquity]] | + | * [[Antique]] |
+ | * [[Antiquary]] | ||
+ | * [[Antiquity]] | ||
+ | * [[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.
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Etymology
From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien (“old”), from Latin root *anteanus, from ante (“before”). Compare antique.
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Antonyms
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