archaism
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kiˌɪz 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style |
| 2. | an archaic word, expression, style, etc |
| [C17: from New Latin archaismus, from Greek arkhaïsmos, from arkhaizein to model one's style upon that of ancient writers; see | |
| 'archaist | |
| —n | |
| archa'istic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
archaism
1640s, "retention of what is old and obsolete," from Gk. arkhaismos, from arkhaizein "to copy the ancients" (in language, etc.); see archaic. Meaning "an archaic word or expression" is from c.1748.
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Example sentences
First, that language differs from one era to the next: archaism intrudes, if only in punctuation and cadence.
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