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ancient
Part of speech: AdjectiveOf or relating to of past times or remote ages; of great age or antiquity.
Part of speech: NounOne who lived in times long ago.
Usage examples "ancient":- The doors of the ancient world were slowly opening. - "Girls of the Forest", L. T. Meade.
- We, the elder women, are becoming ancient now; in a few years we will not be able to serve you, the younger women, and in a few years more we will have gone into the grave and our places will know us no more. - "The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles", Padraic Colum.
- This garden is truly a 'haunt of ancient peace. - "Stories of Authors, British and American", Edwin Watts Chubb.