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antiquarian [ˌæntɪˈkwɛərɪən] adj (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) concerned with the study of antiquities or antiques n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the largest size of handmade drawing paper, 53 ✕ 31 inches 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) a less common name for antiquary antiquarianism n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations antiquarian [ˌæntɪˈkwɛərɪən] A. ADJ → anticuario B. N (= collector) → coleccionista mf de antigüedades; (= dealer) → anticuario/a m/f C. CPD antiquarian bookseller N → librero/a m/f de viejo antiquarian bookshop N → librería f de viejo antiquarian collection N → colección f de antigüedades antiquarian [ˌæntɪˈkwɛərɪən] n (= shop keeper) → antiquaire m/f (= student) → archéologue m/f (= collector) → collectionneur/euse m/f d'objets anciens antiquarian adj books → antiquarisch; coins also → alt; studies → des Altertums, der Antike; antiquarian bookshop → Antiquariat nt n = antiquary How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is only now and then in some very remote and backward agricultural district that an antiquarian may still discover a square house. I am conscious, however, that the slight, unsatisfactory, and trivial manner, in which the result of my antiquarian researches has been recorded in the following pages, takes the work from under that class which bears the proud motto, Detur digniori. Filon has transplanted the creations of his fancy into an age certainly at a greater distance from ourselves than can be estimated by mere lapse of time, and where a fully detailed antiquarian knowledge, used with admirable tact and economy, is indeed serviceable in giving reality of effect to scene and character. |
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