antient
Examples
“Our voyagers make⟳ beasts under the name⟳ of Pongos, Mandrills, and Orang-Outang, of the very beings, which the antients exalted into divinities under the name⟳ of Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans.”
“We likewise see⟳ by the valuable Work⟳ of Andrew Burdon, professor of the Royal French Academy of Painting, that the Antients occasionally used the Amphora form⟳ in other parts of the world as both cinereous and lachrymal urns; […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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