(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western
"Crude Drawing of an Angel" by Caroline Polachek and "Archaic Beauty" by DFF Sound System are the best songs to paint MtG alters to don't @ me
Fallout 76: Complete Archaic Weapons List Here’s every confirmed Archaic Weapon in Fallout 76 for the Rip Daring Weapons Expert mini-season challenges.
(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) 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.).
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(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
: [...] Archaic Stage [...] the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.
“"Crude Drawing of an Angel" by Caroline Polachek and "Archaic Beauty" by DFF Sound System are the best songs to paint MtG alters to don't @ me”
“Fallout 76: Complete Archaic Weapons List Here’s every confirmed Archaic Weapon in Fallout 76 for the Rip Daring Weapons Expert mini-season challenges.”
“Fair use isn't a loophole, it's the bedrock of digital creativity & AI development. Those clinging to archaic IP laws are stifling innovation, not protecting it. Adapt or be disrupted.”
“ArchaicSeeker 3.0: A deep-learning framework for scalable, haplotype-resolved inference of archaic introgression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722798v1”
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Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
A person familiar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize, in ordinary discourse, many words now noted in English vocabularies as archaic, the greater part of which were in common use about the ti…
Archaic means: Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
archaic means: Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.. Register: dated, informal. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“I mean, astral sort of does have that meaning. Just very archaic.”
“We need to end gerrymandering, the electoral college, and Citizens United. No more big money donations thru Citizens United, no more ridiculous map redrawing, and no more vote totals based on an archaic system. Whoever has the most votes wins!”
“I've always found the very common "I can't trust Skinner after this!" complaints to be an archaic 'honor without reason' mentality from people who need to grow the fuck up. The kinda people who can't accept everyone's got secrets and spur-of-the-moment bad choices in their past.”
“Realizing that billionaires only exist because they exploit an archaic legal system and that in nature they'd be (at best) banished from society for being the cancerous sociopaths they are is the first step in eating billionaires.”
“You'll sometimes see characters in manga using uncommon kanji (where kana would normally be used) as a way to reflect that they speak in an erudite or archaic manner. Like to make them look like they're using $5 words”
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