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ar⋅cha⋅ic

  [ahr-key-ik]
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–adjective
1. marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
2. (of a linguistic form) 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.
3. forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaic period of psychoanalytic research.
4. (often initial capital letter) pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, esp. 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 (def. 6), Hellenistic (def. 5).
5. primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life.
Origin:
1825–35; (< F) < Gk archaïkós antiquated, old-fashioned, equiv. to archaî(os) old + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
ar⋅cha⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ar·cha·ic   (är-kā'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. also Archaic Of, relating to, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization: an archaic bronze statuette; Archaic Greece.
  2. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. See Synonyms at old.
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.

[Greek arkhaikos, old-fashioned, from arkhaios, ancient, from arkhē, beginning, from arkhein, to begin.]
ar·cha'i·cal·ly adv.
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archaic 
1832, originally of words no longer in use, from Fr. archaique, ult. from Gk. arkhaikos "old-fashioned," from arkhaios "ancient" (see Archaean). Archaism "an archaic word or expression" is attested from 1748.
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Main Entry: ar·cha·ic
Pronunciation: är-'kA-ik
Function: adjective
1 : typical of a previously dominant evolutionary stage<archaic features of a fossil skull>
2 : having the characteristics of primitive humans and their animal forebears especially as represented in the unconscious andappearing in behavior as manifestations of the unconscious
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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