Antique vs Antiquey - What's the difference?
antique | antiquey |
Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 (label) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
(label) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of antiques.
* 2006 , Lynne Sharon Schwartz, The Writing on the Wall
As adjectives the difference between antique and antiquey
is that antique is old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date while antiquey is resembling or characteristic of antiques.As a noun antique
is an old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.As a verb antique
is to shop for antiques; to search for antiques.antique
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
Verb
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* * English retronyms ----antiquey
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She's never been in their apartment before and, no surprise, it's crammed with antiquey knickknacks from the shop.