Definitions for archaism

archaism ar·cha·ism

Spelling: [ahr-kee-iz-uh m, -key-]
IPA: /ˈɑr kiˌɪz əm, -keɪ-/

Archaism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in archaism (aachimrs).

Definitions for archaism

noun

  1. something archaic, as a word or expression.
  2. the use of what is archaic, as in literature or art:
  3. the survival or presence of something from the past:

Origin of archaism

1635-45; earlier archaismus Latin Greek archaïsmós. See archaize, -ism

Examples for archaism

Paine's use of the word "lies" in this connection is an archaism.

As for the archaism, that is well enough for those who like it.

What was conquered was an archaism, something purely artificial.

As it existed in Germany it has been condemned to extinction by reason of its archaism.

The shuttle is certainly an archaism, whatever the good wife may be.

The semblance of archaism disappears, and leaves a vision of pure beauty, delicate and spiritual.

An archaism for a channel of the sea, and not a mispronunciation of race (which see).

The archaism of the English would represent the archaism of the Greek.

This is an archaism which would be laughable if it were not so dangerous in its effects.

But the longing to be primitive is a disease of culture; it is archaism in morals.

Word Value for archaism
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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