archaic

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noun

Plural noun:

archaicsarchaïcarchaickarchaeicarchæic

1.
(US, capitalized, usually)(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.).
… Archaic Stage … the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.
2.
(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

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adjective

Comparative

more archaicmost archaicarchaïc

Superlative

archaickarchaeicarchæic

1.
Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
2.
(chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
3.
(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.

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dated obsoleteold fashioned

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From archaism (ancient or obsolete phrase or expression) or from fr archaïque, ultimately from grc ἀρχαϊκός old-fashioned, from ἀρχαῖος (from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old), from ἀρχή (beginning, origin), from ἄρχω (to be first), from ἄρχω (to begin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (to begin, rule, command).