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Archaic

/ɑˈrkeɪɪk/
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(noun) 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.).

The written form looks like an archaic form of English.
This expression is archaic.
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