8 Letter Words for Archaism
archaism, charisma, machairs
7 Letter Words for Archaism
achiras, amharic, arachis, asiarch, charism, chiasma, chimars, chrisma, machair, mishara
6 Letter Words for Archaism
achira, achras, ahimsa, archai, ascham, ashram, camash, camias, camisa, chairs, chamar, charas, charms, chasma, chiasm, chimar, chirms, chrism, cimars, harams, harims, ihrams, ischar, machar, mahsir, marahs, marais, marica, marish, mirach, raasch, rachis, racism, ramsch, sciara, shamir, sharia, simara, smirch
5 Letter Words for Archaism
acari, achar, acris, amahs, amhar, amias, amish, arach, arias, arish, asarh, ashir, camas, camis, casha, chair, chais, chama, chams, chara, charm, chars, chasm, chias, chirm, chria, cimar, crams, crash, crims, haars, hairs, hamsa, haram, haras, harim, harms, icasm, ihram, isaac, maars, machi, machs, mahar, mairs, marah, maras, march, marcs, maria, maris, marsh, masai, masha, mashi, micah, micas, raash, raias, ramis, rimas, sacra, samia, sarah, scram, scrim, shama, shram, simar, smich
4 Letter Words for Archaism
aahs, ahas, aias, aims, airs, amah, amar, amas, amia, amic, amis, amra, arca, arch, arcs, aria, aris, arms, asar, asci, asia, caam, cair, cami, cams, cars, casa, cash, chaa, chai, cham, char, chas, chia, chis, cima, cira, cram, crim, cris, haar, hair, hami, hams, harm, hics, hims, ichs, maar, maas, mach, macs, maha, maia, mair, mara, marc, mari, mars, masa, masc, mash, mias, mica, mics, mirs, misc, raca, rach, rahs, raia, rais, rama, rami, rams, rasa, rash, rias, rich, rima, rims, risc, saic, saim, sair, sama, samh, sami, sari, scam, scar, sham, shia, shim, shir, shri, siam, sich, sima, smir, srac
3 Letter Words for Archaism
aah, aam, aas, ach, aha, ahi, ahs, aia, aim, air, ais, ama, ami, ara, arc, arm, ars, ash, cai, cam, car, cha, chi, chm, chs, cia, cir, cis, crs, csi, ham, has, hia, hic, him, hir, his, hrs, iaa, ich, ihs, ira, irs, ish, ism, maa, mac, mar, mas, mia, mic, mir, mis, mri, mrs, msh, rah, rai, ram, ras, rha, ria, rim, rms, saa, sac, sah, sai, sam, sar, sch, sci, scr, sha, shi, shr, sic, sim, sir, sma, sri
Definitions for Archaism
[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.
[4] the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
[5] an archaic word, expression, style, etc
Words related to Archaism
antique, evidence, keepsake, remains, antiquity, fragment, remnant, souvenir, monument, curio, memento, artifact, vestige, trophy, memorial, survival, testimonial, trace, heirloom, scrap
Words nearby Archaism
archaezoology, archaic, archaic homo, archaic homo sapiens, archaic smile, archaism, archaize, archangel, archbanc, archbishop, archbishopric
Origin of Archaism
1635–45; earlier archaismus < Latin < Greek archaïsmós. See archaize, -ism
Other words from Archaism
ar·cha·ist , noun
ar·cha·is·tic , adjective
Word origin for Archaism
C17: from New Latin archaismus, from Greek arkhaïsmos, from arkhaizein to model one's style upon that of ancient writers; see archaic
Synonyms for Archaism
antique, antiquity, artifact, curio, evidence, fragment, keepsake, memento, monument, remains, remnant, souvenir, curiosity, heirloom, memorial, remembrance, reminder, residue, ruins, scrap, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige, remembrancer
