SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
archaic
adjective
Belonging to an earlier age or largely out of present use.
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Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
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The Page That Printed Backward · paragraph 2Belonging to an earlier age or largely out of present use.
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The editor kept the archaic greeting because the letter was set in 1720.
An archaic spelling in the caption made the owner suspect the print was old.
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