archaism

noun
/ˈɑː.keɪ.ɪz.əm/UK/ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm/US/ˈaː.kæɪ.ɪz.əm/

Etymology

17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

  1. derived from *h₂ergʰ-
  2. derived from ἀρχαϊσμός
  3. borrowed from archaismus

Definitions

  1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.

  2. An archaic word, style, etc.

    • In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.
    • He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for archaism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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