Antiquitary
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of antiquary. alt-of, alternative
"I know ther are many intelligent gentlemen in this age, and great antiquitaries, that questiones the truth of severall particulars contained in the historie of the Douglasses, as though that author, to magnifie above all measure these of whom he writes, doeth obscure, or, at the least, minches the reputatione of others, particularly in this action, as in severall others that occurred, in the tymes of these memories he writes off."
Example
More examples"I know ther are many intelligent gentlemen in this age, and great antiquitaries, that questiones the truth of severall particulars contained in the historie of the Douglasses, as though that author, to magnifie above all measure these of whom he writes, doeth obscure, or, at the least, minches the reputatione of others, particularly in this action, as in severall others that occurred, in the tymes of these memories he writes off."
Etymology
From antiquity + -ary.
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