Antiquarianism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Study or love of antiques. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Study or love of antiquity. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Archaism. countable, uncountable

    "We cannot tell if we're facing "nonsense" words that she's coining afresh or obsolete, Old English antiquarianisms from before the standardization of spelling."

Synonyms

All synonyms
antiquarismarchaism

Example

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"We cannot tell if we're facing "nonsense" words that she's coining afresh or obsolete, Old English antiquarianisms from before the standardization of spelling."

Etymology

From antiquarian + -ism.

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