Archaic



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 古代的;已不通用的
• ［英］ adj. 古代的 ( ancient) ; 已不通用的 ( no longer in current use)
• ［类］ evanescent : permanence / archaic : currency ( 转瞬即逝的不永久 / 古老的不现代) 反义词: current ( 现在的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: French or Greek; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios
• Date: 1832
• 1. having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses an archaic word
• 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time ; antiquated archaic legal traditions
• 3. capitalized of or belonging to the early or formative phases of a culture or a period of artistic development; especially of or belonging to the period leading up to the classical period of Greek culture
• 4. surviving from an earlier period; specifically typical of a previously dominant evolutionary stage
• 5. capitalized of or relating to the period from about 8000 B.C. to 1000 B.C. and the North American cultures of that time
• Synonyms: see old
• • archaically adverb

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