ANCIENT is validvalid

of or pertaining to time long past [adj ANCIENTER, ANCIENTEST] : ANCIENTLY [adv], ANCIENTNESS [n] / one who lived long ago [n ANCIENTS]

32,336 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

very old, also ANTIENT [adj ANCIENTER, ANCIENTEST, ANCIENTLY] / an old person [n -S]