archaism

[Ar·cha*ism]

An archaism is a word that's so old fashioned that hardly anyone uses it anymore. Forsooth, you'll encounter many archaisms when you read Shakespeare or when you go to the local Renaissance Fair.

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

Noun
the use of an archaic expression


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

a.
Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.


Archaism

Ar"cha*ism , n. [Gr. , fr. ancient, fr. beginning: cf. F. archa'8bsme. 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. 2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary.

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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