- old and no longer used古體的;已不通用的
- ‘Thou art’ is an archaic form of ‘you are’.thou art 是 you are 的古體。
- very old-fashioned早已過時的;陳舊的 synonym outdated
- The system is archaic and unfair and needs changing.這個制度早已過時而且不公平,需要改變。
- from a much earlier or ancient period of history古代的;早期的Topics Historyc2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’.