Antiquize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To give the appearance of being an antique.
"But in his comedy (particularly that inimitable creation of Falstaffe), there is a constant flow of variety and invention;—and,—what is singular,—the language is more easy, and less tinged with the marks of antiquity, than that of his tragic dialogue. This is an exception from the common rule; for the indirect evanescent allusions, and idiomatic phraseology of comic writing are usually found to antiquize, (if I may be allowed a new coinage), before the more general ideas, and forms of expression, which occur in solemn composition."
Example
More examples"But in his comedy (particularly that inimitable creation of Falstaffe), there is a constant flow of variety and invention;—and,—what is singular,—the language is more easy, and less tinged with the marks of antiquity, than that of his tragic dialogue. This is an exception from the common rule; for the indirect evanescent allusions, and idiomatic phraseology of comic writing are usually found to antiquize, (if I may be allowed a new coinage), before the more general ideas, and forms of expression, which occur in solemn composition."
Etymology
From antique + -ize.
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