Definition of Antique

Antique

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.

Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

Odd; fantastic.

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.

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Antique Quotations

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
Benjamin Disraeli

I'm the oldest antique in town.
Norman Rockwell

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
Carl Sandburg

My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
Calvin Klein

Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.
Ursula Andress

When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
Ursula Andress

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
Arne Jacobsen

You have to fight against being an antique.
Burt Lancaster

I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that.
Paul Lynde

My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out on his bike. He's got some antique Indians. I never really rode during my career, because I was afraid I'd fall off and ruin my career.
David Cone

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.
William Robertson Smith

I'm really into antiques. But really into it because of my father, who got me into them in the first place. He's an interior designer and he's really into going to antique shows and getting up really early on Sundays and driving out to these weird little towns north of Hamilton.
Kathleen Robertson

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
Lance Loud

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Antique Translations

antique in Dutch is ouderwets, aloud, antiek
antique in French is antique
antique in Italian is antico, tempi passati
antique in Latin is priscus
antique in Norwegian is antikk
antique in Portuguese is antigo
antique in Spanish is antiguo
antique in Swedish is antikvitet, antik

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