Definition of Archaic

Archaic

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Related Definitions:

Antiquated, Antiquity, Archaism, By, Characterized, Obsolescent, Of, Or

Archaic Quotations

That is why we profess a spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art.
Mark Rothko

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.
Dee Hock

Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.
Philip Guston

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.
Brad Holland

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.
Philip Kaufman

In an age where history is recorded on T-shirts, the very notion of dwelling on the deep structure of an experience has come to appear both arcane and archaic.
Thomas Harrison

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.
Bridget Riley

Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.
Cynthia Payne

They're protecting an archaic industry. They should turn their attention to new models.
Bob Weir

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Archaic Translations

archaic in German is archaisch, veraltet
archaic in Spanish is arcaico

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