ARCHAISM

Archaism

In language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. 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.

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archaism

Noun

  1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
  2. An archaic word, style, etc.


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