Antiquedom

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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