archaic
suomi-englanti sanakirjaarchaic englannista suomeksi
arkaainen, vanhahtava, vanha
alkukantainen
Substantiivi
archaic englanniksi
The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘(w)’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
1958, Wiley, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips, ''Method and Theory in American Archaeology'', University of Chicago Press, Chicago, page 107:
- ... Archaic Stage ... the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.
(A member of) an archaic variety of ''Homo sapiens''.
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Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
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No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
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