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| 1. | [ adjective ] so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | |
| Synonyms: | antiquated antediluvian | |
| Examples: | "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement" "antediluvian ideas" "archaic laws" |
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| Related terms: | old | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | |
| Synonyms: | primitive | |
| Examples: | "archaic forms of life" "primitive mammals" "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe" |
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| Related terms: | early | |
| Similar spelling: |
archaistic archaicism archaize archaism archaise Arecaceae Arechiga Archeozoic |
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