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archaic

1. very old or old-fashioned

“prisons are run on archaic methods”

2. (of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor

“a term with a rather archaic ring to it”

3. of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th–6th centuries BC in Greece

“the archaic temple at Corinth”

adjective

/ɑrˈkeɪɪk/

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  • vaulted
  • antiquated
  • obsolete
  • ancient

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