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English adjective: archaic

1. archaic so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period


SamplesA ramshackle antediluvian tenement.
Antediluvian ideas.
Archaic laws.


Synonymsantediluvian, antiquated


Similarold


Antonymsnew

2. archaic little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type


SamplesArchaic forms of life.
Primitive mammals.
The okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe.


Synonymsprimitive


Similarearly


Antonymslater, late









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