antiquous

‘I don’t see any distinction about it,’ said Mrs. Dalyell; ‘I never paid much attention to such old stories. Oh, if you believe all the Dalyell stories⸺ By the way, Susie, I wish you to pronounce the name as I do—as everybody is doing now. “D’yell” is so common—it is what the ploughmen say.’ / ‘It is the right old antiquous way,’ said Susie with energy, ‘and I like it far the best. I heard about the horseman too—what it means,’ she added in a low tone.