noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of archaism. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the use of an archaic expression wordnet

Synonyms

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archaismantique formarchaic dictionarchaismsarchaizing styleconservatism

Antonyms

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contemporary stylemodern dictionmodern usagemodernism

Etymology

From archaic + -ism.