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[syn: archaism, archaicism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Archaism \Ar"cha*ism\, n. [Gr. 'archai:smo`s, fr. 'archai^os
ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning: cf. F. archa["i]sme. See
Arch, a.]
1. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word,
expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer
in common use.
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2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
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A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of
archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our
Scriptural vocabulary. --De Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
archaism
n 1: the use of an archaic expression [syn: archaism,
archaicism]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "archaism":
Pre-Raphaelitism, ancient manuscript, antiquarianism, antique,
antiquity, archaeology, archaicism, artifact, cave painting,
classicism, eolith, fossil, medievalism, mezzolith, microlith,
neolith, obsolete, obsoletism, paleolith, petrification,
petrified forest, petrified wood, petroglyph, plateaulith, relic,
reliquiae, remains, ruin, ruins, survival, vestige