Definition of Archaist

1. Noun. A person who archaizes.

Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Archaise, Archaize

2. Noun. An expert or collector of antiquities.
Exact synonyms: Antiquarian, Antiquary
Generic synonyms: Expert
Derivative terms: Antiquarian

Definition of Archaist

1. n. Am antiquary.

Definition of Archaist

1. Noun. A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary ¹

2. Noun. A person who uses archaisms in language ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archaist

1. one that archaizes [n -S] - See also: archaizes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archaist

archaeus
archaic
archaic-paralogical thinking
archaical
archaically
archaicism
archaics
archaio-
archaiopteryx
archaise
archaised
archaises
archaising
archaism
archaisms
archaist (current term)
archaistic
archaists
archaize
archaized
archaizer
archaizers
archaizes
archaizing
archangel
archangelic
archangelical
archangels
archbishop
archbishophood

Literary usage of Archaist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetik, Rhetorik und Stilistik: Akademische Vorlesungen by Wilhelm Wackernagel (1906)
"... wie und wohin er wolle; nur daß der archaist sie zurück, ... daß der archaist sie wieder auf einen Punkt bringen will, den sie längst verlassen hat, ..."

2. Geschichte der griechischen Plastik für Künstler und Kunstfreunde by Johannes Adolf Overbeck (1869)
"erh. archaist. im Louvre 176. — v. Sokrates 394 (Anm. SIS). Cheiron в. ... erh. archaist. in Villa Albani 177. ..."

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