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Archaic

Archaic meaning

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.). | (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

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Archaic and Classical Periods A temple dedicated to Hera was built on the summit of the Mycenaean citadel during the Archaic Period.

They tend to show some archaic features such as the realization of kh and gh and the imāla of Arabic ā into ē (or ī especially in Gozo)-considered archaic because they are reminiscent of 15th century transcriptions of this sound.

Variant spellings, slang or offensive terms, archaic or obsolete terms, and specialized jargon words are allowed if they meet all other criteria for acceptability; though archaic spellings (e.g. NEEDE for NEED) are generally not allowed.

After crash-landing on a dangerous, archaic, and mystical planet, Serenity and her estranged daughter, Mackenzie, pursue an energy source that may be the key to escaping.

After the clips surfaced last year, : "I have been on the receiving end of racism and that negative and archaic narratives and undertones of discrimination.

Archaeologists have noted that the population of the Champlain Valley seems to have declined between 7,500 and 6,000 years ago, during the so-called Middle Archaic.

A reconstruction of Plesiadapis churchilli, an archaic primate believed to be related to the two recently discovered.

A trippy little mind-fuck of an anime, I’ll forgive for it’s scenes that now feel so archaic where one character has to explain to another what The Internet is.

Because it preserves an archaic tradition that caters to the mountain man machismo, self-reliant, homesteader-imagery, romantic bullcrap?

Dating back to the archaic times in Ireland, Celtic storytelling traditions have centered on various forms of fairies and monsters.

During the stream that warranted this first punishment, Greekgodx went on a controversial tirade about his dating standards for women, which many labeled as archaic and chauvinistic.

It replaces the archaic Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933, with a comprehensive framework, and is a step in the right direction.

It’s time for Montreal and McGill to stop reinforcing archaic notions of tradition such as pedestrians and public transit.

It’s ugly and purposefully archaic but also captivating and immersive in a way that has nothing to do with its graphics or storytelling.

Maya Singer Hobbs, senior research fellow at the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research), said: “Leasehold is an archaic and unfair part of the UK housing system.

Mwamba said Zambia is a democracy and the abuse of archaic and colonial laws to punish the Opposition must come to an end.

Parish clerk, Hannah Harwood, said potentially people had been put off by "archaic" rules that required candidates to make the 20-mile trip to Weston-super-Mare and hand their nomination papers to North Somerset Council's offices.

Striking rail workers are fighting to keep an archaic regulation which allows them to receive full pay for time off if they 'use a microwave at work'.

That's the point; Yorkshire dialect, especially archaic, obscure dialect words, can sound like gibberish.

Though most of its words are simple, everyday words, Prattle also works in some proper names from the plays and a few archaic terms.