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archaic

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archaic /ɑɚˈkejɪk/ adjective
archaic
/ɑɚˈkejɪk/
adjective
Learner's definition of ARCHAIC
1 
: old and no longer used古体的；已不使用的
Synonyms see: old
2 
[more archaic; most archaic] : old and no longer useful : outdated旧时的；过时的
3 
: of or relating to ancient times古代的；过去的
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10219 COCA: 13117

archaic

adjective

ar·​cha·​ic är-ˈkā-ik How to pronounce archaic (audio)
1
: having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
an archaic word

Note: In this dictionary the label archaic is affixed to words and senses relatively common in earlier times but infrequently used in present-day English.

2
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time : antiquated
archaic legal traditions
3
capitalized : of or belonging to the early or formative phases of a culture or a period of artistic development
especially : of or belonging to the period leading up to the classical period of Greek culture
4
: surviving from an earlier period
specifically : typical of a previously dominant evolutionary stage
5
capitalized : of or relating to the period from about 8000 b.c. to 1000 b.c. and the North American cultures of that time
archaically
är-ˈkā-i-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce archaic (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

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old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past.

old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence.

old houses
an old sweater of mine

ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past.

ancient accounts of dragons

venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age.

the family's venerable patriarch

antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time.

collected antique Chippendale furniture

antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time.

antiquated teaching methods

archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time.

the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period

obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence.

a computer that makes earlier models obsolete

Example Sentences

The author is a bluestocking, with a weakness for etymology and archaic religious texts, her body of work lauded for revealing the sacred in the ordinary. Kathryn Harrison, New York Times Book Review, 21 Dec. 2008 Europe's economic growth and productivity, Judt reminds us, for all the horror stories about archaic work regulations and inflexible labor markets, has remained impressive up to the current moment. John T. McGreevy, Commonweal, 24 Mar. 2006 Between the upper limit of radiocarbon dating (about 50 ka) and the lower limit of radiogenic potassium dating (about 0.5 Ma) there used to exist a chronological lacuna that I call the Gap. This temporal range encompasses the transition of archaic humans into fully modern forms, so the lack of a reliable means of dating fossils from the Gap was disconcerting. Ervan G. Garrison, Physics Today, October 2001 The company needs to update its archaic computer systems.
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Word History

Etymology

French or Greek; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of archaic was in 1810

Phrases Containing archaic
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