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archaistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ɑːkeɪˈɪstɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From archaist + -ic.

Meanings

Pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.
- The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until the Renaissance. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most archaistic	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more archaistic	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

Translations (5)

fi vanhahtava (Translations) · fi arkaistinen (Translations) · pl archaistyczny (Translations) · el αρχαϊστικός (Translations) · el αρχαιοπρεπής (Translations)

archaistic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɑːkeɪˈɪstɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From archaist + -ic.

Meanings

(uncountable) Archaistic themes, motifs, items, etc.
- As in the case of Renaissance Italy, it is precisely the presence of the archaistic in the modern that is so fascinating to the cultural historian. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 138: