archaic
过时的,古老的,过时,古代的
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Definitions
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- : marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- : commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth.
- : forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaic period of psychoanalytic research.
- : pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed in Greece from the middle 7th to the early 5th century b.c., chiefly characterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure in action, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure, simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of a definitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter.Compare classical, Hellenistic.
- : primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life.
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Examples
That’s led to the assumption that there are millions of these archaic animals crisscrossing the deeps in front of coral reefs.
These discoveries pose new questions regarding the nature of our interaction with other archaic human species.
It used to mean something “alien” or “foreign,” and though this is an archaic definition, it’s part of the word’s legacy.
Obviously, the researchers who did the phylogenetic analysis know what they’re saying when they assert that this species mixes modern and archaic features, but physical characteristics are less informative of a lineage’s relationships than DNA is.
The jaw too displays archaic features, but also includes forms commonly seen in Neanderthals.
There are some pretty archaic, long-held biases and prejudices that remain in place (see Mets, New York).
While he enjoyed the experience once in the air, he found the process of booking the flight to be archaic and obscure.
Too many shows meet their demise way early because of an archaic way of counting.
There was one daunting, archaic elevator, and a flight of stairs with no lights.
The counterargument, of course, is that this method of delivery is pretty archaic.
Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and archaic spelling retained.