† antiquariousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Relating to or concerned with antiquities or the study of the past; antiquarian.Sometimes used as an intentionally unfamiliar alternative to antiquarian for humorous effect.
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antiquarious1606
antiquarian1610
palaeological1821
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. To Rdr. 331 Adde Stows late antiquarious Pen.
1867 T. Hood in Griset's Grotesques 100 You see that his collection's various, All odds and ends quite multifarious; In short, friend Pug is antiquarious.
1926 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 22 Apr. 6/7 I have, in my antiquarious research, traced Cain in his onward march to the land of civilization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).
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adj.1606- throw (etc) something in a person's face
- throw (someone) under the bus
- throw ) in a person's face
- throw ) something in a person's face
- throw a blanket on
- throw a curtain over
- throw a curve
- throw a curveball
- throw a dicky fit
- throw a discreet veil over
- throw a fall
- throw a fastball
- throw a maddie
- throw a main
- throw a merry main
- throw a mist before a person's eyes
- throw a monkey wrench into the machinery
- throw a moody
- throw a paper route
- throw a person a bone
- throw a person into fits
- throw a person off his or her bias
- throw a person under the bus
- throw a punch
- throw a seven