archaic
The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period of human presence in…The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
» This expression is archaic.
Dieser Ausdruck ist veraltet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Это выражение устаревшее. — odexed
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2 senses(US, capitalized, usually)The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
(A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
Examples
20 sentencesThis expression is archaic.
ruЭто выражение устаревшее. — odexed
deDieser Ausdruck ist veraltet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
His ideas are a little archaic.
This is an archaic grammatical construction.
The tombstone was very archaic-looking.
Ziri was using an archaic-looking walkie-talkie.
Origin
From archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimFrom archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós, “old-fashioned”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to be first”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
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