Archaic and Late

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Archaic adjective - Having passed its time of use or usefulness.

Usage example: a man with some archaic notions about the proper sphere for women

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Late and archaic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adjective "Archaic".

Nearby Word: archaism

Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

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Archaic and late are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archaic" instead an adjective "Late".

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

For a speaker of Modern Greek, reading the late-Hellenistic Greek of the New Testament is more akin to a speaker of Modern English reading Chaucer than a speaker of Modern French reading Latin—it's archaic and difficult, but it can be done with liberal use of a dictionary.

Source: Language Drift
This is a relic of the time Mickey was created (the late 1920s), when designs were simple and crude, but as the animators improved their drawing skills and the style became more elaborate, Mickey's design began to look archaic by comparison.

Source: The Artifact / Western Animation
A bit of a Genius Bonus - The translation "a day after the fair", replacing "too late" actually stems from an archaic expression meaning exactly that.

Source: Just For Fun / Backstroke of the West

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