Hyperarchaism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hyperarchaic phrase or expression.

    "One can imagine the solemnly pretentious archaisms and hyperarchaisms — Dogberry elegancies — in the liturgies of such a guild."

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"One can imagine the solemnly pretentious archaisms and hyperarchaisms — Dogberry elegancies — in the liturgies of such a guild."

Etymology

From hyper- + archaism.

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