Sentence examples for archaism from inspiring English sources
The word "archaism" is correct in written English
It is used to refer to a word, phrase, or style that is outdated or no longer in common use. Example: "The use of 'thee' and 'thou' in modern English is considered an archaism." Alternatives include "obsolete term" or "outdated expression."
noun
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
❦ I am wary of the dangers of fetishising dialect and archaism – all that mollocking and sukebinding Stella Gibbons spoofed so brilliantly in Cold Comfort Farm (1932).
Some revelled in its kitsch and archaism.
In Modern English the form singeth survives as a poetic archaism.
Sallust's narratives were enlivened with speeches, character sketches, and digressions, and, by skillfully blending archaism and innovation, he created a style of classic status.
Some aspects of the modern Scottish Gaelic dialects show that they preserve features lost in the language of Ireland during the Old Irish period; such archaism is characteristic of "colonial" languages.
The only exception to the rule of round breathings in this type of manuscript is in cases of deliberate archaism such as practiced by Demetrius Triclinius.
Even outside the pantomime season, or possibly because of the pantomime season, no honour, out of the blizzard of honorific acronyms and archaisms that surges bianually out of Buckingham Palace, is cherished like that of dame.
They then extend the idea into the A-to-Z section with panels of words associated with particular subjects (eg, weapons, money, plants), situations (eg, politeness, swearing, farewells) and grammatical or linguistic forms (eg, archaisms, "thou" and "you").
The Bible, he argues, is "ancient science" filled with archaisms and metaphors.
His style lurches between pastiche Austen, burdened with such spry and winsome archaisms as "mightily taken", "pecuniary inducements" and "delicious intimacy", and stern literary criticism.Austen was certainly no plaster saint, and his approach is a useful corrective to the daintification of his subject in the past.
The innovations are, however, more striking than the archaisms.
