Archaic

[ɑː'keɪɪk] or [ɑr'keɪk]

Definition

(adj.) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; 'archaic forms of life'; 'primitive mammals'; 'the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe' .

Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Typed by Levi

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Old, ancient, obsolete, antiquated, antique, by-gone, out of use, out of date, out of fashion, old-fashioned.

Typist: Moira

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ANCIENT]

Edited by Daisy

Definition

adj. ancient: obsolete esp. of language.—adv. Archā′ically.—n. Archā′icism.—v.t. Ar′chāise to imitate the archaic.—ns. Archā′ism an archaic or obsolete word or phrase; Archā′ist (Mrs Browning).—adj. Archāis′tic affectedly or imitatively archaic.

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