Definitions for: Archaism


[n] the use of an archaic expression



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: archaicism

See Also: expression, formulation

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