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Archaism

Archaism Meaning & Definition
Archaism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Archaism?

[n] the use of an archaic expression

Synonyms | Synonyms for Archaism: archaicism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Archaism: ancient manuscript | antiquarianism | antique | antiquity | archaeology | archaicism | artifact | cave painting | classicism | eolith | fossil | medievalism | mezzolith | microlith | neolith | obsolete | obsoletism | paleolith | petrification | petrified forest | petrified wood | petroglyph | plateaulith | Pre-Raphaelitism | relic | reliquiae | remains | ruin | ruins | survival | vestige

See Also | expression | formulation

Archaism In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"cha*ism\, n. [Gr. 'archai:smo`s, fr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning: cf. F. archa["i]sme. See {Arch}, a.] 1. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use. 2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. --De Quincey.

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