English Dictionary

archaic

IPA（発音記号）

/ɑː.ˈkeɪ.ɪk/

形容詞

of句

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

日本語の意味

古風な / 時代遅れの / 古めかしい / 非常に古い・現代でない

The village still followed archaic customs that had been abandoned elsewhere.

その村は、他の場所では廃れてしまった古風な慣習をいまだに守っていた。

意味（1）

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

A person familiar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize, in ordinary discourse, many words now noted in English vocabularies as archaic, the greater part of which were in common use about the time of the King James translation of the Bible. Shakespeare stands less in need of a glossary to most New Englanders than to many a native of the Old Country.

意味（2）

(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are 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.

意味（3）

(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period

more archaic （ comparative ）

most archaic （ superlative ）