archæic

A form of archaic — 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.).

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Meanings

adjectivearchæic (comparative more archæic, superlative most archæic)

comparative more archæic · superlative most archæic

  1. hypercorrectnonstandardobsoleteNonstandard spelling of archaic.
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