Archaicy

//ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.ɪ.si// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being archaic. nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "With the discovery of an older frescoe^([sic]) representing Christ Antifonitos archaicy on the north-west pilaster, the latest excavations prove that before the restoration of the church and its being entirely frescoed there was another layer of paintings which were executed in the manner of the third quarter of the 13 the^([sic]) century."

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archaicityarchaicness

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"With the discovery of an older frescoe^([sic]) representing Christ Antifonitos archaicy on the north-west pilaster, the latest excavations prove that before the restoration of the church and its being entirely frescoed there was another layer of paintings which were executed in the manner of the third quarter of the 13 the^([sic]) century."

Etymology

From archaic + -y.

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