antiquishadj.n.
/anˈtiːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ænˈtikɪʃ/ Somewhat antique or antiquated; resembling an antique (antique n. 3a). (In quot. 1838 as n. with the: that which has a somewhat antique or antiquated style.)
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated
moth-frettenOE
antiquate?a1425
antique?1532
rusty1549
moth-eaten1551
musty1575
worm-eatenc1575
overyear1584
out of date1589
old-fashioned1592
out of date1592
worm-eat1597
old-fashion1599
ancient1601
outdated1616
out-of-fashion1623
over-aged1623
superannuateda1634
thorough-old1639
overdateda1641
trunk-hosea1643
antiquitated1645
antiquated1654
out-of-fashioned1671
unmodern1731
of the old school1749
auld-farrant1750
old-fangled1764
fossila1770
fogram1772
passé1775
unmodernized1775
oxidated1791
moss-covered1792
square-toeda1797
old-fashionable1807
pigtail1817
behind the times1826
slow1827
fossilized1828
rococo1836
antiquish1838
old-timey1850
out of season1850
moss-grown1851
old style1858
antiqued1859
pigtaily1859
prehistoric1859
backdated1862
played1864
fossiled1866
bygone1869
mossy-backed1870
old-worldly1878
past-time1889
outmoded1896
dated1900
brontosaurian1909
antiquey1926
horse-and-buggy1926
vintage1928
Neolithic1934
time-warped1938
demoded1941
steam age1941
hairy1946
old school1946
rinky-dink1946
time warp1954
Palaeolithic1957
retardataire1958
throwback1968
wally1969
antwacky1975
1838 J. Foster Let. Feb. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 328 Language, a little of the antiquish.
1932 P. Cohen-Portheim Discov. Europe ii. ii. 68 Hoops and corsets vanished before the Revolution materialized, the antiquish fashions of the Empire were there before the Empire.
1953 Renaissance News 6 25 Antique figures (and figures in the antiquish manner) abound.
2010 N.Y. Mag. 13 Sept. 102/1 Just a vaguely antiquish table lampshade with some cheesy boudoir tassels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1838