antiquitous

English

Etymology

From antiquity +‎ -ous.

Adjective

antiquitous (comparative more antiquitous, superlative most antiquitous)

1. Pertaining to antiquity; ancient.
   • 1865, Joseph Barnard Davis, John Thurnam, Crania Brittanica:

     had long before rendered it obvious that man, in all his diversity, is a very antiquitous denizen of the earth.

   • 1880, James Oliver Miller, A Picture of Life:

     Egypt antiquitous - thou palace of the Nile ; Tomb of the Pharoahs - stay a while.

Related terms

• antiquous