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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated, as an archaic word or phrase.
  • of words No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.

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Noun:

  • US A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period ("Paleo-Indian", "Paleo-American", "American-paleolithic", etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period ("Woodland", etc.).

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