单词 | archaism |
释义 | archaism —archaist, n. —archaistic, adj. /ahr"kee iz'euhm, -kay-/, n. 1. something archaic, as a word or expression. 2. the use of what is archaic, as in literature or art: The archaism of the novelist's style provided a sense of the period. 3. the survival or presence of something from the past: The art of letter writing is becoming an archaism. Also, archaicism /ahr kay"euh siz'euhm/. [1635-45; earlier archaismus < L < Gk archaïsmós. See ARCHAIZE, -ISM] |
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