archaistic

Examples

• All

• Her archaistic phrasing made the poem sound as though it belonged to a bygone era.

• Some artists adopt archaistic techniques to give their work an antique appearance.

• The poet's archaistic language evokes a sense of nostalgia.

• Her writing style is delightfully archaistic.

• The author used an archaistic tone to evoke the language of medieval times.

• Some artists adopt archaistic techniques to give their work an antique appearance.

• Her archaistic phrasing made the poem sound as though it belonged to a bygone era.

Synonyms

O

old-fashioned

vsarchaistic

149 4.7

Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time

deliberately copies an old style rather than merely being out of fashion

A

archaic

vsarchaistic

34 9.9

Very old and not used in everyday life

copies that earlier style deliberately rather than being genuinely old

A

antique

vsarchaistic

9 7.5

Old-fashioned and not modern

aims to reproduce an old look instead of being actually aged or original

H

historicist

vsarchaistic

• Specialized

8.6

Using styles from the past in art or buildings

imitates specifically very old style from a single past period

Antonyms

M

modern

∞ 1.4

Relating to the present time and new ways of doing things

C

contemporary

219 4.2

Belonging to the present time, often showing modern ideas

How Archaic

archaic

34 9.9

antique

118 5.2

archaistic

• Literature

9.9

old-fashioned

149 4.7

modern

∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology