ancient
adjective
of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476.
ancientness
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a word derived from
ancient.
Example Sentences
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Bounding around the stage shirtless with a disconcerting lope that suggests something’s off with his hip, he simultaneously owns his ancientness and defies it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
The show’s title characters also appear on four amphora that were made last year but are roughly crafted to give an illusion of ancientness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
Much of the magic of its ancientness and its continuity is lost forever.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2019
The trumpets and the ancientness were proof of our survival; and the king’s young daughter would rule the peace.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017
I mysel hae aften wondered at the ancientness o' our house, and pity the silly fools wha change the names o' their properties.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
