archaismn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːkeɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈɑrkiˌɪzəm/,

/ˈɑrkeɪˌɪzəm/

Etymology: < Greek ἀρχαϊσμός, < ἀρχαίζειν to copy the ancients in language, etc., < ἀρχαῖος ancient: see -ism suffix. Compare French archaïsme.

1. The retention or imitation of what is old or obsolete; the employment in language, art, etc., of the characteristics of an earlier period; archaic style.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > old-fashioned, nostalgic, or gentle style

archaism1643

lavender and old lace1966

retro1974

1643 W. Slatyer Psalmes of David Ep. to Rdr. sig. A5 Very neare it [sc. the publickly authorised translation] saving where by the Archaisme..occasioned to recede.

1665 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (rev. ed.) 13 This is called Archaismus, an imitation of the ancient kind of speaking.]

1783 G. W. Lemon Eng. Etymol. sig. D4² Archaism..; a fondness for antient customs, antiquated phrases, obsolete words, &c.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vii. 659 A slight tinge of archaism..[was] thought by Bacon and Raleigh congenial to an elevated style.

2. An archaic word or expression. Also, an archaic feature in script.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > living, dead, or archaic language > archaic word or expression

archaism1709

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > archaic form

archaism1954

1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) Preface I shall never use archaisms, as Milton.

a1804 Boucher Gloss. Introd. 20/1 Erciscere..used once by Cicero, but..avowedly as an archaism.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 310 The Pentateuch has marks of greater antiquity, having archaisms, which the book of Joshua has not.

1954 N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in Eng. & Wales 42 A sufficient number of archaisms survived into the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries... The most obvious of such features are (i) the retention of majuscule R.

1960 N. R. Ker Eng. MSS after Norman Conquest 22 He might have some difficulty in interpreting two archaisms of the script, the special ra and rt ligatures.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	archaism
释义	archaismn. Brit. /ˈɑːkeɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɑrkiˌɪzəm/, /ˈɑrkeɪˌɪzəm/ Etymology: < Greek ἀρχαϊσμός, < ἀρχαίζειν to copy the ancients in language, etc., < ἀρχαῖος ancient: see -ism suffix. Compare French archaïsme. 1. The retention or imitation of what is old or obsolete; the employment in language, art, etc., of the characteristics of an earlier period; archaic style. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > old-fashioned, nostalgic, or gentle style archaism1643 lavender and old lace1966 retro1974 1643 W. Slatyer Psalmes of David Ep. to Rdr. sig. A5 Very neare it [sc. the publickly authorised translation] saving where by the Archaisme..occasioned to recede. 1665 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (rev. ed.) 13 This is called Archaismus, an imitation of the ancient kind of speaking.] 1783 G. W. Lemon Eng. Etymol. sig. D4² Archaism..; a fondness for antient customs, antiquated phrases, obsolete words, &c. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vii. 659 A slight tinge of archaism..[was] thought by Bacon and Raleigh congenial to an elevated style. 2. An archaic word or expression. Also, an archaic feature in script. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > living, dead, or archaic language > archaic word or expression archaism1709 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > archaic form archaism1954 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) Preface I shall never use archaisms, as Milton. a1804 Boucher Gloss. Introd. 20/1 Erciscere..used once by Cicero, but..avowedly as an archaism. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 310 The Pentateuch has marks of greater antiquity, having archaisms, which the book of Joshua has not. 1954 N. Denholm-Young Handwriting in Eng. & Wales 42 A sufficient number of archaisms survived into the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries... The most obvious of such features are (i) the retention of majuscule R. 1960 N. R. Ker Eng. MSS after Norman Conquest 22 He might have some difficulty in interpreting two archaisms of the script, the special ra and rt ligatures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1643
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