archaic
(A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
Other meanings
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.).
Related words
- archaicism
- archaicity
- archaicize
- archaicness
- archaist
- hyperarchaic
- nonarchaic
- pseudo-archaic
- superarchaic
- unarchaic
- archaic smile
- archaically
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