Question

While i was waiting at the steps for jacobus's boatman, who had gone off somewhere, the captain of the hilda joined me, a slender silk umbrella in his hand and the sharp points of his archaic, gladstonian shirt-collar framing and small, clean-shaved, ruddy face. In this sentence, archaic means:

1) old-fashioned
2) modern
3) futuristic
4) ancient

Answer 1

The word archaic in this sentence means old-fashioned.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the sentence provided, the word archaic means old-fashioned. The word is used to describe the shirt collar, implying that it is a style that is no longer in fashion. This can also be inferred from the mention of the archaic Gladstonian shirt-collar, which further emphasizes the old-fashioned nature of the collar.