- 1. a. An word/ancient">ancient, word/antiquated">antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use. Source: opted
- 2. a. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. Source: opted
- 3. n. the use of an archaic expression Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. An word/ancient">ancient, word/antiquated">antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use. 2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. the use of an archaic expression Source: ecdict
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