Antiquarianize
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To act the part of an antiquary. colloquial, dated, intransitive
"She talks to old women, and tracks rare flowers, and sketches and photographs and geologizes and antiquarianizes and gets burnt till she won't be fit to wear a low dress for a month, and looks uncommonly well on it all the time."
Example
More examples"She talks to old women, and tracks rare flowers, and sketches and photographs and geologizes and antiquarianizes and gets burnt till she won't be fit to wear a low dress for a month, and looks uncommonly well on it all the time."
Etymology
From antiquarian + -ize.
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