Definition of Archaic in English :

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Archaic meaning in English

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Archaic

see synonyms of archaic

Adjective

1. antediluvian, antiquated, archaic

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Example Sentences:
'a ramshackle antediluvian tenement'
'antediluvian ideas'
'archaic laws'

2. archaic, primitive

little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

Example Sentences:
'archaic forms of life'
'primitive mammals'
'the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Archaic

see synonyms of archaic
adjective
1. 
belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient
2. 
out of date; antiquated
an archaic prison system
3. 
(of an idiom, vocabulary, etc) characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use

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Archaic

see synonyms of archaic
adjective
1. 
belonging to an earlier period; ancient
2. 
antiquated; old-fashioned
3. 
that has ceased to be used except for special purposes, as in poetry, church ritual, etc.
thou is an archaic form of you

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Archaic

see synonyms of archaic
adj.
1. also Archaic Relating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization: an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.
2. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. See Synonyms at old.
3. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
4.
a. Relating to or being an early or premodern evolutionary form of an organism or group of organisms: archaic vertebrates.
b. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
5. Archaic Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 BC to about 1000 BC, characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.
n.
A member of an archaic population of Homo.

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