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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
