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Pronunciation guide for archaic
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- Practice the English pronunciation of archaic with real speech in context.
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- Kathy Rastle
printed in an archaic script.
- Definition summary
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
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How to pronounce archaic
Kathy Rastle
printed in an archaic script.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
- (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
- [Adjective]
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- (chiefly lexicography, of words) 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.
- (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.
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