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Archaism

//ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm// noun

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Noun

1
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style. countable, uncountable
2
the use of an archaic expression wordnet
3
An archaic word, style, etc. countable, uncountable
"In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism."

Etymology

17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

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