Definition
Meaning of 'archaic'
Meaning of 'archaic' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Archaic 
[ a.]
- Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated;
obsolescent. [ a.]Meaning of 'archaic' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. archaic [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Example in sentence:
- a ramshackle antediluvian tenement;
- antediluvian ideas;
- archaic laws
Meaning (2):
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Example in sentence:
- archaic forms of life;
- primitive mammals;
- the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
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