In an antique manner.

Opposed to queer (non-heterosexual) people.

The state or quality of being antique.

plural of antiquer

comparative form of antique: more antique

A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud. / (slang) A person who browses for antiques.

simple past tense and past participle of antique

(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques. / (transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way. / (transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.

An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance. / An object of ancient times.

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 / Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.