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archaism

(n): the use of an archaic expression

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5 months ago chained_bear said:

Archaic is one of my favorite words, yet I've never actually heard this one.

"He spoke a perfectly fluent but agreeably accented Spanish filled with pleasant archaisms, which reminded Stephen of the English in the former northern colonies..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 177

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palooka (8264 words)

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Literary Vocab, by palooka

The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Make Someday, by chained_bear

2008 Wordlist, by MiaLuthien

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