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Meaning of 'archaic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Archaic [ a.]
- Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Meaning of 'archaic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . archaic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • archaic forms of life;
  • primitive mammals;
  • the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe

Nearby Words:

arc arcade arcaded arcadia arcadian arcadic arcana arcane arcanum arcboutant

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