antiquyte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• antyquyte, antiquite, antiquytee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, borrowed itself from Latin antīquitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˌtikwiˈteː/, /anˈtikwiˌteː/

Noun

antiquyte (uncountable)

1. Antiquity; former ages or times.
2. The length of time an institution has existed for.
3. (rare) The quality of being old; senescence.

Descendants

• English: antiquity, Antiquity

References

• “antiquitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.