About The Word Archaic
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Archaic
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What's The Definition Of Archaic?
[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"
[adj] so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" Synonyms | Synonyms for Archaic: antediluvian | antiquated | early | old | primitive Related Terms | Find terms related to Archaic: abandoned | abjured | antediluvian | antiquated | antique | behind the times | bygone | classical | dated | deserted | discontinued | disused | done with | fossil | fossilized | Gothic | grown old | medieval | mid-Victorian | not worth saving | obsolescent | obsolete | of other times | old | old-fashioned | old-timey | old-world | on the shelf | out | out of use | outdated | outmoded | out-of-date | outworn | passe | past use | pensioned off | petrified | relinquished | renounced | resigned | retired | superannuate | superannuated | superseded | undeveloped | Victorian | worn-out See Also | Archaic In Webster's Dictionary \Ar*cha"ic\, a. [Gr. 'archai:ko`s old-fashioned, fr.
'archai^os ancient.]
Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated;
obsolescent.
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