Archaism
/ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm/
"Archaism" in a Sentence (5 examples)
This is an archaism.
Isn't that an archaism?
It is not improbable that, like English poets of a later time, Layamon affected a certain archaism in language, as giving greater beauty and interest to his style.
In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.
He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.