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Definition von archaismus im Deutsch Englisch wörterbuch
- archaism
- The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style
- {n} an ancient or obsolete phrase
- obsolescence
- A word or expression no longer in general use, for example, thou mayst is an archaism meaning, "you may " Sidelight: Archaisms are often deliberately used for effect, as in Spenser's The Faerie Queene
- an old word or phrase that is no longer used
- An archaic word, style, etc
- usage of an older, often obsolete form of language
- {i} something characteristic of an earlier period; outmoded word or phrase; outmoded phenomenon
- Use of words which are out of use, considered old fashioned in the poet's time
- using obsolete or archaic words when current alternatives are available
- Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness
- An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use
- the use of an archaic expression