ancient
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ancient1
▶adjective belonging to or originating in the very distant past.
■ chiefly humorous very old.
▶noun- 1 archaic or humorous an old man.
- 2 (the ancients) the people of ancient times, especially the classical Greeks and Romans.
– phrases
the Ancient of Days a biblical title for God.
the Ancient of Days a biblical title for God.
– derivatives
anciently adverb,
ancientness noun.
anciently adverb,
ancientness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. ancien, based on L. ante ‘before’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ancient2
▶noun archaic a standard, flag, or ensign.
'ancient' also found in these Oxford entries:
-a
- A & M
- Achaean
- acropolis
- adytum
- aedile
- Aeolian mode
- agora
- air
- Akkadian
- albatross
- aleph
- Alexandrian
- almandine
- Amazon
- ammonia
- amphora
- ampulla
- Anasazi
- Anatolian
- ancient lights
- ancient monument
- Angle
- ankh
- antique
- antistrophe
- Aramaean
- archaea
- Archaean
- archaeo-
- archaism
- archon
- Argive
- Ark of the Covenant
- arkose
- armillary sphere
- Armorican
- as
- Assyrian
- Assyriology
- atavistic
- atrium
- Attic
- augur
- aureus
- Avar
- Avestan
- ba
