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
Rockets—that brings home the ancientness of this ship Gilgamesh—but after all the ships that settled Incognita probably carried emergency rockets, too.
From The Lost Kafoozalum by Pauline Ashwell
