archaic

  • 51archaic —   a. ancient; primitive; out of date.    ♦ archaism, n. such thing, especially word or phrase; use of such thing.    ♦ archaistic, a …

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  • 52archaic — see ARCHIVES …

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  • 53archaic — adj. 1 a antiquated. b (of a word etc.) no longer in ordinary use, though retained for special purposes. 2 primitive. 3 of an early period of art or culture, esp. the 7th 6th c. BC in Greece. Derivatives: archaically adv. Etymology: F… …

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  • 54archaic smile — noun Date: circa 1902 an expression that resembles a smile and is characteristic of early Greek sculpture …

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  • 55Archaic Egyptian — Ancient Egyptian is the stage of the Egyptian language spoken before 2600 BC during the Early Dynastic Egypt and perhaps Predynastic Egypt. References* Loprieno, Antonio. Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction , Cambridge University Press,… …

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  • 56Archaic Japanese language — #REDIRECT Old Japanese …

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  • 57archaic Homo — 1. collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago. 2. any physically robust, premodern form of the genus Homo, including Homo… …

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  • 58Archaic Latin — noun Another term for Old Latin …

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  • 59Archaic Period —    See EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD. Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier …

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  • 60archaic smile — archa′ic smile′ n. anq fia a representation of the mouth with slightly upturned corners of the lips characteristic of early Greek facial sculpture …

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