archaicism (arkaisizm)

[ A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remotene from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey. 3. That which is archaic; especially, an antiquated or obsolete word, expre ion, pronunciation, or idiom. A permi ible archaism is a word or phrase that has been supplanted by something le apt, but has not become unintelligible. Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 195. Doubtle the too free use of archaisms is an abuse. G. P. Marsh, Lectures on Eng. Lang., p. 176.