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antiquarian 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˌantiˈkwe(ə)rēən/,
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Relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books,
  1. Relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books

  2. Valuable because rare or old
    • - out-of-print and antiquarian books
Noun
  1. A person who studies or collects antiques or antiquities

  1. antiquary: an expert or collector of antiquities
  2. (antiquarianism) Study or love of antiques; this sense is never pluralized; Study or love of antiquity; this sense is never pluralized; archaism
  3. (Antiquarianism) An interest in past events without reference to their importance or significance for the present; the reverse of presentism.
  4. (Antiquarians) Collectors of ancient things/precursors of archaeologists.
  5. Of old, rare books, or one who deals in them.
  6. Old and/or rare books, or a dealer of same.
  7. A term generally indicating a pre-20th-century collector of ancient artifacts before the development of scientific archaeology and the establishment of standards for excavating and preserving finds.
  8. individuals, who during the 18th and 19th centuries, collected, dug up, or purchased antiquities unscientifically, usually for private gain, in contrast to the scientific archaeologist.
  9. Paper size of 31 inches x 53 inches or 79 centimeters x 135 centimeters.
  10. One who studies the Antiquities. Usually involved a good grasp of the classic languages, and a passion for adventure and collecting stuff
  11. A handmade paper (53 x 31 inches), largest known handmade paper.
  12. Of antiques or dealing in, also the study of old and out-of-date items.
  13. Ant born between Jan 21-Feb 23.