archaistic

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Adjective
  • While the use of mercury might evoke images of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, this highly toxic element was also employed in late- and post-medieval Europe as a treatment for venereal syphilis and leprosy.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
  • The murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 was one of the most shocking events in medieval England; Becket, once a close friend and ally of Henry II, became Archbishop of Canterbury and defended the independence of the church against the king’s authority.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Those archaic teams did not have lofty expectations like the ones that featured Simmons.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Doubled down with odd and archaic roster construction.
    Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Today, some of the most beloved musicals of the American theater can sometimes seem outmoded and vaguely inappropriate, since society’s standards have changed radically in the last 60 years.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • But then, the fear that AI could render swaths of the software trade outmoded moved a wave of the savings-for-retirement crowd to demand their money back.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • New York’s antiquated assessment system values properties far below their market value and leaves a small number of apartments valued at $5 million or more.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 11 May 2026
  • Though Jordan and Tammy had raised their biological twins since they were born — and had the full support of their surrogate — they were required by antiquated state law to adopt their own babies.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • Once considered the safest choice, gray-on-gray interiors are now reading as cold and dated.
    Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 10 May 2026
  • There’s no natural voice prompts, for example, and sometimes graphics quality can feel a little dated.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • Charles also had one out-of-date license to operate a school bus at the time of the incident, investigators stated previously.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The second source confirmed that out-of-date intelligence appears to have been used.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Back then, an obsolete constitutional formula enabled as few as 12% of the people to elect a majority of state senators.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • But in the lightning-fast tech industry, what’s cutting-edge today can become obsolete tomorrow.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • But dismissing it as fusty would be an unfortunate act of self-deprivation.
    Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
  • However simple his artistic code, few Britpop-era megastars have done more than Albarn to forswear allegiance to fusty rock purism—perhaps not even Thom Yorke, who may have written Kid A but did not go so far as naming his child after Missy Elliott.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Archaistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archaistic. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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