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Definition of Archaism
1. Noun. The use of an archaic expression.
Examples of language type: Ambages, Palfrey, Gildhall, Hold, Hornpipe, Pibgorn, Stockhorn, Complexion, Sooth, Muchness, Fardel, Alienism, The Halt, Negress, Colored, Colored Person, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, Oriental, Oriental Person, Caitiff, Simple, Meed, Bosom, Air, Fire, Earth, Ether, Quintessence, Water, Menstruum, Compass, Abide, Bide, Stay, Adust, Dark-skinned, Dusky, Swart, Swarthy, Thrown, Thrown And Twisted, Brainish, Hotheaded, Impetuous, Impulsive, Madcap, Tearaway, Dighted, Commodious, Convenient, Proportionable, Verbal, Innocent, Dowerless, Amort, Sublime, Uplifted, Leal, Acold, Frore, Corroborant, Base, Baseborn, Curtal, Small, Puissant, Backward, Feebleminded, Half-witted, Slow-witted, Heartless, Scrivened, Careful, Strait, Horary, Meretricious, Apopemptic, Scriptural, Empiric, Empirical, Hence, Away, Forth, Off, Privily, Brotherly, Mellow, Mellowly, By Chance, Perchance, Verily, Blackamoor, Instancy, Negro, Negroid, Screw
Generic synonyms: Expression, Formulation
Examples of category: Control
Derivative terms: Archaistic, Archaise, Archaistic, Archaize
Definition of Archaism
1. n. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
Definition of Archaism
1. Noun. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style. ¹
2. Noun. An archaic word, style, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archaism
1. an archaic word, idiom, or expression [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archaism
Literary usage of Archaism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1897)
"archaism in Aulus Gellius, by Dr. Charles Knapp, of Barnard College. The paper
was a continuation of an article published by the author in 1894 under the ..."
2. The Greek Philosophers by Alfred William Benn (1882)
"The Roman love of simplification and archaism induced subsequent thinkers either
to let Platonism drop altogether, or to study those elements in which it ..."
3. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"Their advanced archaism. — Sculptures of East Pediment. — Their Superiority to
those of the West Pediment.—Difficulty of forming a Correct Impression of ..."
4. Classical Studies in Honour of Henry Drisler by Henry Drisler (1894)
"archaism in Aulus Gellius. PAKT I. : INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL. THAT Aulus Gellius
was an ardent lover and a diligent student of the early Latin writers, ..."
5. Archaisms of Terence Mentioned in the Commentary of Donatus by Kirby Flower Smith (1890)
"It is proposed to enquire what Donatus calls an archaism ; the value of his ...
The commentator's idea of an archaism may be derived from a comparison of ..."
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