archaic

Definitions


[ɑːˈkeɪɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- very old or old-fashioned
(e.g: prisons are run on archaic methods)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’




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