Antiquedom
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The world of antiques or of things old; antiquity. colloquial, rare, uncountable
"The exotic atmosphere of the whole queer underworld of antiquedom and of collector-cranks spicily pervades the hook. Yet this, after all, is but the sauce of the dish. The viand itself is the exasperating yet lovable humanness of humanity."
Example
More examples"The exotic atmosphere of the whole queer underworld of antiquedom and of collector-cranks spicily pervades the hook. Yet this, after all, is but the sauce of the dish. The viand itself is the exasperating yet lovable humanness of humanity."
Etymology
From antique + -dom.
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