Sentence:  "Brann's compass of words, idioms and phrases harks back to the <WSD>archaic</WSD> and reaches forward to the futuristic." [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=106379045&tag=Brann,+William+Cowper:+The+Complete+Works+of+Brann+the+Iconoclast,+Volume+1,+1898&query=archaic&id=Bra1Ico Volume 1] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.