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muinainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ancient adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
  • immemorial adj So old that it goes back further than anyone can remember or record.
  • paleo noun A way of eating based on foods thought to have been available to hunter-gatherers — meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds — while excluding grains, pulses, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods.

Senses

muinainen is used for these senses in English:

  • ancient Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
  • immemorial (sometimes, postpositive) That is beyond memory; ancient.
  • paleo- Old; ancient or primitive.

ancient — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
  2. adj Very old.
  3. noun A person who lived in the distant past, especially in classical Greece or Rome.

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