Antiquated
Definition
A regional, obsolete, or rare term (encountered as a variant for 'anticvat') utilized to describe an object, custom, law, or word that has gone out of current use, being outdated, obsolete, or old-fashioned. In a structural philological sense, it indicates the state of lexical elements or administrative traditions specific to past eras that no longer match modern society's norms and standards.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Antiquated
- Outdated
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Early borrowing and morphological adaptation from German 'antiquiert', functionally stabilized in older dictionaries. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [an.ti.ˈkat] |
| Source | Glossary of Historical Linguistic Variations and Archaic Romanian Adjectives |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Acest regulament administrativ a devenit anticat și nu mai poate fi aplicat în instituțiile noastre.
EN: This administrative regulation has become antiquated and can no longer be applied in our institutions.
RO: Hainele purtate de personajul din piesă aveau un aspect anticat, stârnind zâmbetele publicului.
EN: The clothes worn by the character in the play had an antiquated appearance, drawing smiles from the audience.
RO: Criticul a considerat că stilul poetic abordat în acel volum este prea anticat pentru cerințele actuale.
EN: The critic considered the poetic style approached in that volume to be too antiquated for current demands.
Idioms & Phrases
Obicei anticat / Antiquated custom
RO: Tradiție sau rânduială socială arhaică de tip feudal, care și-a pierdut utilitatea practică și sensul moral în modernitate.
EN: An archaic or feudal-style social tradition or order that has lost its practical utility and moral meaning in modernity.
Stil structural anticat / Antiquated structural style
RO: Metodă de compoziție sau design grafic depășită, care folosește elemente decorative redundante și greoaie.
EN: An outdated composition or graphic design method utilizing heavy and redundant decorative elements.
Lege anticată / Outdated law / perimated code
RO: Act normativ emis într-o epocă trecută, care contravine principiilor constituționale actuale și drepturilor fundamentale.
EN: A legal act issued in a past era that contradicts current constitutional principles and fundamental rights.
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