Archaic and Native

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

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

Nearby Word: archaism

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

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Archaic and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archaic" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

In Pan's Labyrinth, Jones had to learn archaic Spanish for the role and did it perfectly, but still wound up dubbed by a native Spanish speaker.

Source: Same Language Dub
In fact, most of these Spanish words have virtually replaced the native words, which when used makes one sound archaic.

Source: Gratuitous Spanish
Even native speakers of Japanese sometimes have trouble with following Gilgamesh's conversations, as he uses archaic versions of just about every noun and verb, even simple ones.

Source: Light Novel / Fate/Zero

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