word
Archaic
Ah-RKAY-ihk
/ɑːˈrkeɪɪk/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
archaic
Dictionary meaning
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type.
Examples
- Archaic forms of life.
Synonyms: primitive
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