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What is the adjective for archaic?

What's the adjective for archaic? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs archaize, archaicise, archaicize and archaise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

archaic
  1. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  2. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
  3. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
  4. Synonyms:
      5. antiquated, outmoded, outdated, obsolete, dated, superannuated, prehistoric, outworn, ancient, medieval, old, fossilised, fossilized, antediluvian, mossy, demoded, antique, bygone, prehistorical, obsolescent, moribund, mediaeval, neolithic, defunct, rusty, anachronistic, passé, Noachian, kaputt, kaput, primitive, aged, dead, extinct, olden, discarded, discontinued, old-fashioned, out-of-date, out of date, moth-eaten, behind the times, old hat, old-fangled, Stone Age, olde worlde, of yore, out of the ark, very old, past its prime … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “He was dressed in archaic plate armor and a long white cloak, which was held around his shoulders by a fine gold clasp.”
archaistic
  1. Pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fossilised, fossilized, antiquated, obsolete, archaic, outdated, outmoded, superannuated, dated, prehistoric, outworn, medieval, mossy, demoded, prehistorical, moribund, mediaeval, neolithic, rusty, Noachian, kaputt, antediluvian, kaput, anachronistic, passé, quaint, démodé, out-of-date, old-fashioned, moth-eaten, behind the times, Stone Age, out of the ark, stuck in time … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Due to the archaistic nature of the source material there remains some ambiguity.”
      “Most of the archaistic and literal words can be found in lyrics dealing with religion and history.”
      “Created in Rome in 1912, it is one of Manship's earliest works in which he employs these archaistic elements.”
archaical
  1. Archaic form of archaic.
archaized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of archaize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. archaicized, oldened, outdated, traditionalized, dated, obsolesced, antiquated, obsoleted, became dated, become dated, became outmoded, become outmoded, became obsolete, become obsolete, became old-fashioned, become old-fashioned, showed one's age, shown one's age, showed its age, shown its age … more
archaizing
  1. present participle of archaize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. archaicizing, oldening, outdating, traditionalizing, dating, obsolescing, antiquating, obsoleting, becoming dated, becoming outmoded, becoming obsolete, becoming old-fashioned, showing one's age, showing its age … more
archaicised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of archaicise
archaicising
  1. present participle of archaicise
archaicized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of archaicize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. archaized, oldened, outdated, traditionalized
archaicizing
  1. present participle of archaicize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. archaizing, oldening, outdating, traditionalizing
archaised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of archaise
archaising
  1. present participle of archaise
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