Archaism

Definition of Archaism

Ar´cha`ism
n.1.An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
2.Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary.
- De Quincey.

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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
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