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   ancient

   /ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence: "the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean" Similar of long agoearliestfirstearlypastformerbygoneprehistoricprimevalprimordialprimitiveclassicalliterary:oldenof yoreforegoneOpposite recentcontemporary
   • ▪ having been in existence for a very long time: "ancient forests" Similar oldvery oldage-oldantediluviantime-worntime-honouredimmemoriallong-livedatavisticOpposite newrecentmodern
   • ▪ showing or feeling signs of age or wear: "an ancient pair of jeans" Similar antiquatedarchaicantediluvianmedievalobsoleteobsolescentsuperannuatedanachronisticold-fashionedout of dateoutmodedagedelderlyvenerablehoarydecrepitdémodépasséinformal:fossilizedas old as the hillscobwebbyin one's dotageout of the arkcreakyclunkymouldypast its/one's sell-by dateantwackymossyhorse and buggyOpposite youthfulup to date

   noun

   • 1. an old man: archaic, humorous "a solitary ancient in a tweed jacket"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French ancien, based on Latin ante ‘before’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ancientness noun

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   What is ancient history?

   • The practice was more common in ancient times than it is now. She studied both ancient and modern history. ◊ In informal use, something that happened long ago and that is not important any more is ancient history. Our relationship is ancient history. Forget about the problems we've had in the past. They're ancient history.

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   What does ancient mean?

   • ancient trees. She's fifteen, which is ancient for a dog that size. being old in wisdom and experience; venerable. old-fashioned or antique. a person who lived in ancient times. one of the classical writers of antiquity. a very old or aged person, especially if venerable or patriarchal.

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   What does ancient people mean?

   • : an aged person plural : the civilized peoples of ancient times and especially of Greece and Rome Note: Things and especially documents that are ancient benefit from a presumption that they are valid even though proof of their validity may be unavailable due to lapse of memory, absence of witnesses, or loss of documents.

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   What is ancient art?

   • Ancient art is that made in places and times we refer to as Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, and "an ancient " is someone who lived either during those eras, or in a Biblical context, before the flood that brought us the story of Noah and the Ark. "Ancient."

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   What is a person who lived in ancient times?

   • a person who lived in ancient times. one of the classical writers of antiquity. a very old or aged person, especially if venerable or patriarchal. Usually the ancients. the civilized peoples, nations, or cultures of antiquity, as the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, and Egyptians.

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   What is the difference between old fashioned and ancient?

   • Ancient, antiquated, antique, old-fashioned refer to something dating from the past. Ancient implies existence or first occurrence in a distant past: an ancient custom. Antiquated connotes something too old or no longer useful: an antiquated building. Antique suggests a curious or pleasing quality in something old: antique furniture.

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    Ancient means very old. Sometimes there's a sense of "older than old." My grandmother, bless her soul, lived until she was positively ancient.