archaic
adjective
very old or old-fashioned:
古風な, 旧式の, 時代遅れの〈考えなど〉
e.g. prisons are run on archaic methods.
(of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor.
古語の, 懐古的な〈語･表現など〉(→ archaism)
of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th–6th centuries bc in Greece:
古代の; 初期の
e.g. the archaic temple at Corinth.
DERIVATIVES
archaically |ärˈkāik(ə)lē| adverb
ORIGIN
mid 19th century: from French archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’.