adj. 1. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. See Synonyms at old. 2. Very old; aged: "They were always chippering and chatting to each other, like a pair of antiquated house-sparrows" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). anti·quat′ed·ness n. |
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