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Word Meanings - ARCHAIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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  • PRIMORDIALLY
    At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • ANTIQUATION
    The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont.
  • PRIMITIVENESS
    The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
  • PRIMEVALLY
    In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin.
  • OBSOLETENESS
    Indistinctness; want of development. (more info) 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude.
  • ANTIQUATED
    Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See
  • OBSOLETE
    Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient. (more info) 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;
  • ANTIQUENESS
    The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.
  • PRIMORDIAL
    A first principle or element.
  • ARCHAICAL
    Archaic. -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • DISTORTIVE
    Causing distortion.
  • PRISTINE
    Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.
  • GROTESQUE
    1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden. 2. Artificial grotto-work.
  • ANTIQUELY
    In an antique manner.
  • PRIMEVAL
    Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forest primeval." Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats.
  • BURLESQUER
    One who burlesques.
  • CARICATURIST
    One who caricatures.
  • DISUSE
    1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of. 2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.
  • BURLESQUE
    1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among
  • ACQUAINTANCE
    1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract
  • ACQUAINTED
    Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
  • DISACQUAINT
    To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.
  • VERD ANTIQUE
    A mottled-green serpentine marble. A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
  • INACQUAINTANCE
    Want of acquaintance. Good.
  • POSTREMOTE
    More remote in subsequent time or order.
  • PREACQUAINTANCE
    Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.
  • PREREMOTE
    More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin.
  • PREACQUAINT
    To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.
  • TERREMOTE
    An earthquake. Gower.
  • ABORIGINAL
    1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

 

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