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antiquarian, a. and n.|æntɪˈkwɛərɪən|
[f. L. antīquāri-us (see antiquary) + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Of or connected with the study of antiquities.
1771Ducarel in Phil. Trans. LXI. 150 The antiquarian part of my subject. a1779Warburton Let. No. 213 (T.) You say your antiquarian taste drew you thither. 1872Yeats Tech. Hist. Comm. 346 The antiquarian treasures of the British Museum. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. I. vi. 517 The axe, as antiquarian researches show, was in use almost everywhere.
2. Applied to a large size of drawing-paper.
1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 497 Antiquarian [size of paper], 53 by 31. 1879Spon Workshop Rects. 1 Antiquarian [paper], 52 × 29 inches.
B. n. [The adj. used absol.] One who studies or is fond of antiquities; an antiquary.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1627) 6, I referre the matter..to the Senate of Antiquarians, for to be decided. 1778Johnson in Boswell III. 61 A mere Antiquarian is a rugged being. 1856Max Müller Chips (1880) II. xvi. 7 History..appeals not only to the antiquarian, but to the heart of every man. 1872Hardwick Trad. Lanc. 220 A thoroughgoing antiquarian would call this a Druidical remain. |