Ancientness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being ancient. uncountable, usually

    "Here we are in this wonderful town, where, if you can't see everything you want to see, you can generally see a sample of it, even if your fad happens to be the ancientnesses of Egypt."

  2. 2
    extreme oldness wordnet

Synonyms

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ageagednessancienceantiquityatavismcobwebbiness

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"Here we are in this wonderful town, where, if you can't see everything you want to see, you can generally see a sample of it, even if your fad happens to be the ancientnesses of Egypt."

Etymology

From ancient + -ness.

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