antiquiert — meaning in English

English meaning

• anachronistic adj Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
• ancient adj Belonging to a very distant, long-past time, especially before the Middle Ages.
• antiquated adj Old-fashioned or outdated, no longer suited to modern needs.
• backward adj/adv Directed or moving toward the rear, or in the opposite direction to normal or expected.
• obsolete adj No longer used because something newer or better has replaced it.
• old-fashioned adjective Belonging to or suited to an earlier time, and no longer in style or common use. It can be mildly critical, suggesting something is out of date, or warm, suggesting it has the charm and solidity of the past.

Senses

antiquiert is used for these senses in English:

• anachronistic (of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.
• ancient Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• antiquated old-fashioned, out of date
• obsolete (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
• old-fashioned Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

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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