different between aged vs archaic
aged
English
Alternative forms
- agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)
Pronunciation
- (all senses) IPA(key): /e?d?d/, enPR: ?jd
- (alternative for adjective or noun senses) IPA(key): /?e?.d??d/, enPR: ??j?d
Adjective
aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)
- Old.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.
- 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:
- John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
- 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:
- Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
Synonyms
- (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
- (having the age of): -year-old
- (undergone effects of time): matured
Translations
Noun
aged pl (plural only)
- Old people, collectively.
Translations
Verb
aged
- simple past tense and past participle of age
Anagrams
- Gade, egad, gade
aged From the web:
- what age
- what age do
- what age does
- what age do babies crawl
- what age do girls stop growing
- what age do boys stop growing
- what age is a toddler
- what age does menopause start
archaic
English
Alternative forms
- archæic (old-fashioned)
- archaeic (rare or old-fashioned)
- archaïc
- archaick (obsolete)
Etymology
From archaism (“ancient or obsolete phrase or expression”) or from French archaïque, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (arkhaïkós, “old-fashioned”), from ??????? (arkhaîos, “from the beginning, antiquated, ancient, old”), from ???? (arkh?, “beginning, origin”), from ???? (árkh?, “I am first”), from ???? (árkh?, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erg?- (“to begin, rule, command”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??.?ke?.?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??.?ke?.?k/
Noun
archaic (plural archaics)
- (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American?paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
- 1958, Wiley, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips, Method and Theory in American Archaeology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, page #107:
- [...] Archaic Stage [...] the stage of migratory hunting and gathering cultures continuing into environmental conditions approximately those of the present.
- 1958, Wiley, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips, Method and Theory in American Archaeology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, page #107:
- (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
- 2009, The Human Lineage, page 432:
- [...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China.
- 2009, The Human Lineage, page 432:
Adjective
archaic (comparative more archaic, superlative most archaic)
- Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
- (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
- (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
Synonyms
- (old-fashioned): dated, obsolete, old fashioned; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
Derived terms
- archaically, archaism, archaicy
Related terms
Translations
References
- archaic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “archaic”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
- The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 1998
Anagrams
- arachic
archaic From the web:
- what archaic means
- what archaic language
- what archaic word means asunder
- what archaic words
- what archaic definition
- what archaic expression
- what archaic language mean
- what archaic synonym
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- aged vs archaic
- kinglike vs illustrious
- reverberate vs roll
- considerable vs famous
- titular vs perceivable
- detail vs number
- fine vs stately
- glittering vs splendid
- power vs labour
- expect vs divine
- abuse vs scandal
- direction vs current
- capture vs purchase
- lovely vs ravishing
- innoxious vs unhurt
- desirous vs acquisitive
- unsystematic vs haphazard
- voidance vs expulsion
- poignant vs biting
- low vs treacherous