单词 | antiquarian |
释义 | antiquariann.adj. A. n. 1. A person who studies or is interested in the past or its remains; a person who studies or collects antiquities; now typically used with reference to scholars of the 19th cent. or earlier, as distinguished from later archaeologists. Cf. antiquary n. 1a.Although sometimes applied generally to any historian or scholar studying or recording the distant past, antiquarian came to be associated particularly with those concerned with historical artefacts and other physical remains. From a relatively early period, it was sometimes used disparagingly to imply excessive fascination with the past or the mere uncritical collecting of ancient curiosities. In current use, it is usually applied to individuals whose work predates the development of modern archaeological techniques of systematic excavation and recording, and sometimes carries depreciative overtones suggesting lack of rigour, analysis, or formal knowledge.The term antiquarian was notably less common than antiquary before the late 19th cent; the two words are now broadly similar in frequency and used in a similar range of contexts, although antiquarian is more common when used with depreciative overtones. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > one who is interested in antiquary1566 antiquarian1595 philarchaist1652 man of cabinets1699 antiquitarian1720 antiquist1789 palaeophilist1822 palaeologist1828 archaista1861 palaeologian1894 1595 T. W. tr. P. Leroy et al. Pleasant Satyre 204 Not long time since, a learned Flemming and a good Antiquarian, hath vsed the same [title]. 1702 Saul & Samuel i. 11 Great Antiquarians, and Dealers in the rubbish of Records. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 179 Ciceroni, the proper title of learned antiquarians who show and explain to foreigners the antiquities and curiosities of the country. 1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 7 History..appeals not only to the antiquarian, but to the heart of every man. 1903 P. W. Joyce Social Hist. Anc. Ireland II. xx. 76 Modern antiquarians..now apply ‘ballaun’ to those small cup-like hollows, generally artificial, often found in rocks. 1907 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 20 60 He never became a mere antiquarian, a simple collector of the curiosities of literature and custom. 2010 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 20 Sept. 19 Antiquarians like William Stukeley were instrumental in imbedding the Celts in the popular imagination. 2. A large size of paper (used for drawing, drafting, cartography, etc.), typically measuring 53 by 31 inches (approx. 134.6 by 78.7 cm). Now rare (chiefly historical). Cf. sense B. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size paper royal1497 paper rial1501 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 lily-pot1593 grape1611 cap1620 crown paper1620 post1648 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 Kentish cap1766 vessel of paper1790 antiquarian1815 quartern1819 quatrain1819 Albert note1846 cap-paper1854 sermon paper1855 Albert1859 columbier1875 Albert notepaper1881 cuatro1904 duchess1923 half-imperial- 1815 R. Brown Princ. Pract. Perspective 88 The demy is too thin for drawing, and the antiquarian too expensive. 1956 Paper-Maker & Brit. Paper Trade Jrnl. Apr. 344/1 To make a sheet of Antiquarian, 53 in. x 31 in., requires a mould measuring 57 ¾ x 35 ¾. 1990 P. Bower Turner's Papers 110/1 This paper is a cut down Antiquarian (31 x 53 in) which has been radically trimmed. B. adj. 1. Relating to or concerned with antiquities or the distant past; characterized by interest in the past or its remains. Later also (now chiefly): of, relating to, or characteristic of an antiquarian (see sense A. 1).Sometimes with depreciative overtones suggesting lack of rigour, analysis, or formal knowledge.With Antiquarian Poet in quot. 1610 cf. note at antiquary n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > of antiques or ancient relics > of the study of antiquarious1606 antiquarian1610 palaeological1821 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 190 Of which fortresses the Antiquarian Poet [L. poeta antiquarius; sc. J. Leland] writeth thus: Pendinas tenet asperi cacumen Celsum montis [etc.] 1779 V. Knox Ess. (ed. 2) I. xxxix. 292 The mere antiquarian taste in poetry is certainly absurd. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 517 The axe, as antiquarian researches show, was in use almost everywhere. 1966 Geogr. Jrnl. 132 49 He seems to have spent much of the early [seventeen-]seventies in Dublin devoting himself to antiquarian pursuits. 1980 Antiquaries Jrnl. 60 89 This article seeks to counteract the tendency of some recent historians to underrate antiquarian studies in medieval England. 2012 Jrnl. County Louth Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 27 626 The majority of the existing secondary sources..present a rather antiquarian and technical account of the history of the railway. 2. a. Of an object, esp. a book or publication: antique; notably old, rare, or valuable. Hence (of a person, business, etc.): specializing in or selling books of this sort. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 18 To look over some of the Antiquarian Books, as Britton, Bracton, Fleta. 1791 I. Disraeli Curiosities of Lit. 79 Peirese found his amusement amongst his medals and antiquarian curiosities. 1823 Times 18 Oct. Mr. George Wagstaff, well known as an eminent Artist and Antiquarian Bookseller. 1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 346 An ancient Egyptian saw, made of bronze, is amongst the antiquarian treasures of the British Museum. 1927 Bath Chron. & Herald 18 June 14/5 The antiquarian book trade is suffering just now. 2019 Thoreau Soc. Bull. Fall 5/1 The Unicorn Bookshop..specializes in secondhand and antiquarian books. b. Characteristic or reminiscent of a past age or time; old-fashioned. ΚΠ 1848 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 23 Dec. 5/1 The somewhat antiquarian style in which advertisements have been displayed in the Sheffield papers, has tended to give them an appearance..of being behind the times. 1937 A. Peel & J. A. R. Marriott Robert Forman Horton ii. 62 He seems to have had no appreciation of the antiquarian charm of Shrewsbury, and not much more of the beauties of the surrounding country. 2014 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) (Nexis) 5 Feb. Keen to ‘re-gothicise’ the building following what he believed to be ‘acts of vandalism’ by his grandfather, Henry set out to bring back the hall's antiquarian character. 3. Designating a large size of paper (used for drawing, drafting, cartography, etc.), typically measuring 53 by 31 inches (approx. 134.6 by 78.7 cm). Now rare (chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > type of paper antiquarian1810 1810 C. M. Cathcart Let. 16 Apr. (National Arch. TNA WO28/333) 105 I have directed Captain Licester to request you to procure for the use of the Department some drawing paper of the largest size (called in England Antiquarian). 1903 Amer. Machinist 8 Jan. 55/2 I bought a book of instruction in mechanical drawing and a sheet of ‘antiquarian’ drawing paper. 1990 P. Bower Turner's Papers 31 (note) The only dated mark..is in an Antiquarian sheet, used for a watercolour in the Victoria and Albert Museum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1595 |
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