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ar·cha·ic
(är-kā′ĭk) also ar·cha·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)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 No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws.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.
[Greek arkhāïkos, old-fashioned, from arkhaios, ancient, from arkhē, beginning, from arkhein, to begin.]
ar·cha′i·cal·ly adv.
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 out of date; antiquated: an archaic prison system.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 an idiom, vocabulary, etc) characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use
[C19: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaïkos, from arkhaios ancient, from arkhē beginning, from arkhein to begin]
arˈchaically adv
ar•cha•ic
(ɑrˈkeɪ ɪk)adj.
1. marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: archaic ideas.
2. (of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest an older time: used in this dictionary to indicate a word not current since c1900.
3. forming the earliest stage: an archaic period of technology.
4. primitive; ancient: an archaic form of animal life.
[1825–35; (< French) < Greek archaïkós antiquated, old-fashioned =archaî(os) old + -ikos -ic]
ar•cha′i•cal•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. |  archaic - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"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"early - being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" |
archaic
adjective
1. old, ancient, antique, primitive, bygone, olden (archaic) archaic sculpture and porcelain
old new, present, recent, current, modern, contemporary
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
old-fashioned new, latest, modern, fresh, novel, with it (informal), up-to-date, state-of-the-art, up-to-the-minute, modish, newfangled
archaic
adjective1. Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past:
age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, hoary, old, olden, old-time, timeworn, venerable.
Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills.
2. Of a style or method formerly in vogue:
antiquated, antique, bygone, dated, dowdy, fusty, old, old-fashioned, old-time, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, passé, vintage.
Translations
antiikkinenvanhahtava
gamaldags
archaic
adj word etc → veraltet, archaisch (spec); (inf: = ancient) → vorsintflutlich; my car is getting rather archaic → mein Auto wird allmählich museumsreif