(adj) :
of or characterized by antiquity or archaism, antiquated, primitive, old-fashioned, as an archaic word or phrase; no longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity. See talk page
"1887: Barcley V. Head, Historia Numorum A Manual Of Greek Numismatics - There is in the best archaic coin work [of the Greeks] ... a strength and a delicacy which are often wanting in the fully developed art of a later age."
(adj) :
of or characterized by antiquity or archaism, antiquated, primitive, old-fashioned, as an archaic word or phrase; no longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity. See talk page
"1887: Barcley V. Head, Historia Numorum A Manual Of Greek Numismatics - There is in the best archaic coin work [of the Greeks] ... a strength and a delicacy which are often wanting in the fully developed art of a later age."