archaistic

Definition of archaisticnext

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Adjective
  • Underneath the Lincoln Memorial is what's known as the memorial's Undercroft (a term usually reserved for the vaulted basement of a medieval castle or cathedral).
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • An Israeli flag flies over the medieval Beaufort Castle, known locally as Qalaat al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnoun, as seen from the Marjayoun area of southern Lebanon on Sunday.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • The very details that make the genre come alive—the archaic syntax, the outfits, the feelings—are the ones that haven’t survived into the present day or that the writer made up.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • This rule has evolved, though it’s not considered completely archaic.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 1 June 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
  • The technology was largely depicted as a portal to the future, a tonic for the ailing Los Angeles production sector, and a way to finally wriggle free from the bonds of antiquated studio protocols.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 May 2026
  • When leaders continue applying old frameworks to environments that no longer behave predictably, the result can show up as misaligned outcomes, antiquated processes, and teams that stop telling the truth.
    Mary Hemphill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • The brilliance of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium across north London has only made Arsenal’s home look more dated.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Click here for dated and tickets.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 22 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  • Charles also had one out-of-date license to operate a school bus at the time of the incident, investigators stated previously.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  • The second source confirmed that out-of-date intelligence appears to have been used.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
  • That browsing model is now obsolete.
    Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The movie depicts how a now-obsolete method of weather forecasting that was popular in the United States leading up to World War II was replaced by more modern methods that were taking root in Europe at the time.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 27 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 4 Jun. 2026.

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