English

Alternative forms

• antique-hood

Noun

antiquehood ‎(uncountable)

1. (rare) The state, condition, or quality of being an antique or of being old; antiquity.
   • 1972, Leona G. Rubin, How to defend yourself at auctions:

     [...] there will be good reproductions (some of the reproductions themselves are over 100 years old, and even current ones will some day enjoy their own antiquehood).

   • 1990, Jonathan Gash, Moonspender: A Lovejoy Novel of Suspense:

     I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood.

   • 2011, Adam Thomas, Digital Disciple: Real Christianity in a Virtual World:

     Alas, after comparing the current list with the list for my college class of 2005, I seem to be approaching antique-hood—[...]

Related terms

• antiquedom
• antiqueness