archaïc

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

   “… Archaic Stage … the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.”

2. isim (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

   “[...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.”

3. sıfat Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

   “There is in the best archaic coin work [of the Greeks] ... a strength and a delicacy which are often wanting in the fully developed art of a later age.”

4. sıfat No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.

   “The language of the Faerie Queene was made archaic Language:— in order to be in keeping with the chivalry of bygone ages that formed its subject.”

5. sıfat Belonging to the archaic period.
6. sıfat Archaic spelling of archaic.