Both Uses of
antiquity
in
The Adventures of Augie March
- So if this collection of people has nothing in common with what would have brought up the back of a Xerxes' army or a Constantine's, new things have been formed; but what struck me in them was a feeling of antiquity and thick crust.†
Chpt 13 *
- "Culebras," said she, in that voice that was like a haywisp of antiquity, it was always so thin and distant.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
ancient times; or a relic of ancient times
(Typically references a period preceding the European Middle Ages which began during the 5th century AD.)
(Typically references a period preceding the European Middle Ages which began during the 5th century AD.)