— archaist , n. — archaistic , adj.
/ahr"kee iz'euhm, -kay-/ , n.
1. something archaic, as a word or expression.
2. the use of what is archaic, as in literature or art: The archaism of the novelist's style provided a sense of the period.
3. the survival or presence of something from the past: The art of letter writing is becoming an archaism. Also, archaicism /ahr kay"euh siz'euhm/ .
[ 1635-45; earlier archaismus archaïsmós. See ARCHAIZE, -ISM ]