archaic, primitive
(adjective) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; âarchaic forms of lifeâ; âprimitive mammalsâ; âthe okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffeâ
antediluvian, antiquated, archaic
(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; âa ramshackle antediluvian tenementâ; âantediluvian ideasâ; âarchaic lawsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
archaic (plural archaics)
(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (âPaleo-Indianâ, âPaleo-Americanâ, âAmericanâpaleolithicâ) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (âWoodlandâ, etc.).
(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
archaic (comparative more archaic, superlative most archaic)
Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
• (old-fashioned): dated, obsolete, old fashioned; see also obsolete
• arachic
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*cha"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
