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archaic

Syllabification: (ar·cha·ic)
Pronunciation: /ärˈkāik/
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Definition of archaic

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 flavor.
  • 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'

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