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Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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We think the answer is "ANTIQUE" which means:

noun

• An elderly man
• Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

adjective satellite

• Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
• Out of fashion
• Belonging to or lasting from times long ago

verb

• Shop for antiques
• Give an antique appearance to

adjective

• Playful, funny, absurd
• Grotesque, incongruous.
• Grotesque, bizarre
• Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to greece and rome.
• Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
• Designating a style of type.
• Embossed without gilt.

An example sentence would be:

• "My grandmother collects antique furniture."
• "The antique vase was worth a fortune."

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