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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ar·cha·ism       [ahr-kee-iz-uhm, -key-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.something archaic, as a word or expression.
2.the use of what is archaic, as in literature or art: The archaism of the novelist's style provided a sense of the period.
3.the survival or presence of something from the past: The art of letter writing is becoming an archaism.
Also, ar·cha·i·cism       [ahr-key-uh-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1635–45; earlier archaismus < L < Gk archaïsmós. See archaize, -ism]

—Related forms
ar·cha·ist, noun
ar·cha·is·tic, adjective
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ar·cha·ism       (är'kē-ĭz'əm, -kā-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
  2. An archaic style, quality, or usage.


[New Latin archaeismus, from Greek arkhaismos, from arkhaios, ancient; see archaic.]

ar'cha·ist n., ar'cha·is'tic (-ĭs'tĭk) adj.
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archaism

noun
the use of an archaic expression 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Archaism

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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