About The Word Archaism
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Archaism
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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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