archaic

 
Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪɪk/

adjective

  • very old or old-fashioned: prisons are run on archaic methods
  • (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
  • of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th-6th centuries bc in Greece: the archaic temple at Corinth

Derivatives

archaically

adverb

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē 'beginning'