意味(日本語)

n.adj.昔の、古代の、古代人 F.adj.n.ancien

語源

• anc- : L.ante=before（以前に）

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Of great age; very old.
• (adjective) Of or relating to times long past, especially those of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire (A.D. 476). See Synonyms at old.
• (adjective) Old-fashioned; antiquated.
• (adjective) Having the qualities associated with age, wisdom, or long use; venerable.
• (noun) A very old person.

例文

• II. i.286 (46,8) [This ancient morsel] For _morsel_ Dr. Warburton reads _ancient moral_, very elegantly and judiciously, yet I know not whether the author might not write _morsel_, as we say a _piece of a man_.