archaicism

NOUN
  1. the use of an archaic expression
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use archaicism In A Sentence

  • Thinking full well" makes no sense to me, not even as an archaicism. Languagehat.com: THINKING FULL WELL.
  • It's always tempting to assume that everything in an older branch such as Anatolian is an archaicism but naturally that can't logically be the case. Thoughts on the early Indo-European subjunctive 1ps ending
  • Nowadays, "stevedore" is essentially an archaicism; the men in the longshoremens union run those giant cranes and are paid very well. Archive 2007-11-01
  • Nowadays, "stevedore" is essentially an archaicism; the men in the longshoremens union run those giant cranes and are paid very well. Archive 2007-11-01
  • The heroine's small brother, with playful archaicism called "a springald," puts on her skirts and things and passes himself off for his sister or anybody else he pleases. Ponkapog Papers.
  • This is why many IEists bow to common sense and recognize that the r-mediopassive is the true archaicism here, hence 1ps mediopassive *-h₂ór. Archive 2008-03-01
  • Wolzek pronounced the archaicism with studied care. This Crowded Earth
  • English, with a sub-flavour of the Mabinogionic archaicism, is admirable; and his style gives life and light to the nine volumes whose matter is frequently heavy enough. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • This, I feel, is in itself an indication that we're dealing with an archaicism. The Great Pre-IE Centralization
  • But a purist who objects so forcibly to archaism and archaicism should avoid such terms as "whilom Persian Secretary" (p. 170); as anthophobia, which he is compelled to explain by "dread of selecting only what is best" (p. 175), as anthophobist (p. 176); as "fatuous ejaculations" (p. 183), as a "raconteur Arabian nights. English
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy