Meaning of ARCHAISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârkee`izum
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| | Definition: | | [n] the use of an archaic expression |
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| | Synonyms: | | archaicism |
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| | See Also: | | expression, formulation | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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