[ahr-kee-iz-uh
m, -key-] 
| 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. |
| archaicism | |
noun | |
| the use of an archaic expression [syn: archaism] |