archaic
(adjective) [awr-KAY-ik]1. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; 'archaic forms of life'
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; antiquated: "You would not believe the archaic laws still on the books in this town."
3. a word or phrase that is no longer in general use
also: archaical
adverb form: archaically
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