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noun - the use of an archaic expression
noun - an archaic word, idiom, or expression
ARCHAISMS - In language, an archaism (from the Ancient Greek: , archaïkós, 'old-fashioned, antiquated', ultimately , archaîos, 'from the beginning, ancient') ...
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| Plural form of archaism. |
| a thing that is very old or old-fashioned, especially an archaic word or style of language or art. |
| A thing that is very old or old-fashioned, especially an archaic word or style of language or art. |
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| In language, an Archaism (from the Ancient Greek: , archaïkós, 'old-fashioned, antiquated', ultimately , archaîos, 'from the beginning, ancient') is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current or that is current only within a few special contexts. Their deliberate use can be subdivided into literary archaisms, which seeks to evoke the style of older speech and writing; and lexical archaisms, the use of words no longer in common use.A distinction between archaic and obsolete words and word senses is widely used by dictionaries. An archaic word or sense is one that still has some current use but whose use has dwindled to a few specialized contexts, outside which it connotes old-fashioned language. In contrast, an obsolete word or sense is one that is no longer used at all. A reader encounters them when reading texts that are centuries old. For example, the works of Shakespeare are old enough that some obsolete words or senses are encountered therein, for which glosse |