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ar·cha·ic  (är-kk) also ar·cha·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. also Archaic Of, relating to, 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 No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws.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. Of, relating to, 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.

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[Greek arkhaikos, old-fashioned, from arkhaios, ancient, from arkh, beginning, from arkhein, to begin.]

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ar·chai·cal·ly adv.

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archaic [ɑːˈkeɪɪk]

adj

1. belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient

2. out of date; antiquated an archaic prison system

3. (Linguistics) (of idiom, vocabulary, etc.) characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use

[from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaïkos, from arkhaios ancient, from arkhē beginning, from arkhein to begin]

archaically  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	archaic - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" antiquated, antediluvian old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
	2.	archaic - 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" primitive early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"

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archaic

adjective

1. old, ancient, antique, primitive, bygone, olden (archaic) archaic sculpture and porcelain
old new, present, recent, current, modern, contemporary

2. old-fashioned, obsolete, out of date, antiquated, outmoded, passé, old hat, behind the times, superannuated These archaic practices are advocated by people of limited outlook.
old-fashioned new, latest, modern, fresh, novel, with it (informal), up-to-date, state-of-the-art, up-to-the-minute, modish, newfangled

Translations

archaic [ɑːˈkeɪɪk] ADJ → arcaico

archaic [ɑː^rˈkeɪɪk] adj [law, practice, system, language, society] → archaïque

archaic

adj word etc → veraltet, archaisch (spec); (inf: = ancient) → vorsintflutlich; my car is getting rather archaic → mein Auto wird allmählich museumsreif

archaic [ɑːˈkeɪɪk] adj → arcaico/a