archaism

Speech parts

1. archaism - Noun

2. archaism - Adjective

Meaning

An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

archaicism curio age evidence archaeology relic monument fragment archaic antiquity remnant antique souvenir anachronism incongruity
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Hypernyms

expression formulation

Related terms

archaic

Anagrams

charisma

Examples

Vocabulary Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. Source: Internet

Vocabulary Word choices Despite its relative lexical unity, the two dialectal blocks of Catalan (Eastern and Western) show some differences in word choices.sfn Any lexical divergence within any of the two groups can be explained as an archaism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

archaiopteryx archaise archaiser archaist archaistic archaistically