ancientness
- 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
Many say the knowledge of their craft has been passed down to them by their elders, and they revere the ancientness of the practice, even if it sometimes earns them a sideward glance.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021
Much of the magic of its ancientness and its continuity is lost forever.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019
After the meal the family gathered in the parlor, with its fragrant odor of musty walls, varnished maps and stuffy ancientness which pervaded everything.
From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill
