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hyperarchaism

noun

Etymology

From hyper- + archaism.

  1. derived from *h₂ergʰ-✻
  2. derived from ἀρχαϊσμός
  3. borrowed from archaismus
  4. prefixed as hyperarchaism — “hyper + archaism”

Definitions

  1. A hyperarchaic phrase or expression.

    • One can imagine the solemnly pretentious archaisms and hyperarchaisms — Dogberry elegancies — in the liturgies of such a guild.

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