archaic
ɑːˈkeɪɪk/
adjective
adjective: archaic
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very old or old-fashioned.“prisons are run on archaic methods”
synonyms:obsolete, obsolescent, out of date, anachronistic, old-fashioned, outmoded, behind the times,bygone, antiquated, antique, superannuated, antediluvian, past its prime, having seen better days, olde worlde, old-fangled; More -
(of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavour.“a term with a rather archaic ring to it”
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of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th–6th centuries BC in Greece.“the archaic temple at Corinth”
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Origin
mid 19th century: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’.
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