Archaismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɑː.keɪ.ɪz.əm/, (英国発音) IPA: /ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪ.zəm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.kiˌɪz.əm/, /ˈɑɹ.keɪˌɪz.əm/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈaː.kæɪ.ɪz.əm/

名詞

archaism (countable and uncountable, plural archaisms)

1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
2. An archaic word, style, etc.

   In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.

   • 1902, Robert Langton Douglas, A History of Siena:

     He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

同意語

• gadzookery

下位語

• (poor and high-flown use in writing) tushery

派生語

関連する語

• archaic

Further reading

• “archaism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “archaism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “archaism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Charisma, charisma, machairs