Archaicity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑː(ɹ)keɪˈɪsɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Archaicity is a noun meaning The quality of being archaic.
Meaning
The quality of being archaic.
Example Sentences
Most importantly perhaps, it is evident that the impression of archaicity which any reader will experience on reading The Lord of the Rings is partly due to three simple lexical causes: the “overuse” of words borrowed from nineteenth-century fiction (e.g. yonder, journey [v], topmost), the avoidance of words associated with the modern world and the comparatively dense use of new coinages, unusual grammatical patterns, rare or obsolescent words.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archaicness, archaicy, ancientry, auncientry, archaism, pseudoarchaism.
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