Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
Belonging to the archaic period
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.
A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
(A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
Of or pertaining to classicism.
Of or pertaining to classicists.
Emulating classical rules, conventions, principles, models, or styles; characterised by classicism.