archaism
Example Sentences
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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2018
It very much looks as though the lexicographer used high language and a fancy archaism to “exonerate” dismay, thereby achieving the comfortable sense of having bogged bog.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016
You can laugh at the archaism of the dialogue, if you wish, though I happen to like its sturdy lyricism.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016
Its hallmark is archaism in theology and ethics, and its reach covers most of the global community of faith.
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2015
She was taken halfway up the Hudson in an excursion steamer fitted out in the archaism of the mad Twenties.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
