archaic
IPA: ɑrkˈeɪɪk
noun
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
- (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
adjective
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- (chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
- (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.
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Examples of "archaic" in Sentences
- The building was archaic.
- Orator is a bit of an archaic and stuffy word.
- Please note the archaic spelling of the placenames.
- Malkin is an archaic term for a crotchety old woman.
- A stymie refers to an archaic rule in the game of golf.
- Even the hilts of the lightsabers were very archaic and ancient.
- There he discovered the freshness of the oriental archaic culture.
- Akhmimic is phonologically the most archaic of the Coptic dialects.
- As a lexicographer he compiled collections of archaic and unusual words.
- It contains archaic language and periphrasis, or circumlocutory expression.
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