archaicism
English Thesaurus
1. the use of an archaic expression (noun.communication)
| domain member category | : | control, |
| definition | : | verify by using a duplicate register for comparison (verb.cognition) |
| domain member usage | : | ambages, |
| definition | : | (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action (noun.act) |
| domain member usage | : | palfrey, |
| definition | : | especially a light saddle horse for a woman (noun.animal) |
| domain member usage | : | gildhall, |
| definition | : | the meeting place of a medieval guild (noun.artifact) |
| domain member usage | : | hold, |
| definition | : | a stronghold (noun.artifact) |
| domain member usage | : | hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn, |
| definition | : | an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone (noun.artifact) |
| domain member usage | : | complexion, |
| definition | : | (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament (noun.attribute) |
| domain member usage | : | sooth, |
| definition | : | truth or reality (noun.attribute) |
| domain member usage | : | muchness, |
| definition | : | greatness of quantity or measure or extent (noun.attribute) |
| domain member usage | : | fardel, |
| definition | : | a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) (noun.cognition) |
| domain member usage | : | alienism, |
| definition | : | an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness (noun.cognition) |
| domain member usage | : | the halt, |
| definition | : | (archaic) lame persons collectively (noun.group) |
| domain member usage | : | negress, |
| definition | : | a Black woman or girl (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | colored, colored person, |
| definition | : | a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | mulatto, |
| definition | : | an offspring of a black and a white parent (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | quadroon, |
| definition | : | an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | octoroon, |
| definition | : | an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | oriental, oriental person, |
| definition | : | a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | caitiff, |
| definition | : | a cowardly and despicable person (noun.person) |
| domain member usage | : | simple, |
| definition | : | any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties (noun.plant) |
| domain member usage | : | meed, |
| definition | : | a fitting reward (noun.possession) |
| domain member usage | : | bosom, |
| definition | : | the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept (noun.state) |
| domain member usage | : | air, |
| definition | : | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | fire, |
| definition | : | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | earth, |
| definition | : | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | ether, quintessence, |
| definition | : | the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | water, |
| definition | : | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | menstruum, |
| definition | : | (archaic) a solvent (noun.substance) |
| domain member usage | : | compass, |
| definition | : | bring about; accomplish (verb.social) |
| domain member usage | : | abide, bide, stay, |
| definition | : | dwell (verb.stative) |
| domain member usage | : | adust, |
| definition | : | burned brown by the sun (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | thrown, thrown and twisted, |
| definition | : | twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | dighted, |
| definition | : | dressed or adorned (as for battle) (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | commodious, convenient, |
| definition | : | large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | proportionable, |
| definition | : | proportionate (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | verbal, |
| definition | : | prolix (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | innocent, |
| definition | : | (used of things) lacking sense or awareness (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | dowerless, |
| definition | : | lacking a dowry (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | amort, |
| definition | : | utterly cast down (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | sublime, |
| definition | : | lifted up or set high (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | uplifted, |
| definition | : | exalted emotionally especially with pride (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | leal, |
| definition | : | faithful and true (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | acold, |
| definition | : | of persons; feeling cold (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | frore, |
| definition | : | very cold (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | corroborant, |
| definition | : | used of a medicine that is strengthening (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | base, baseborn, |
| definition | : | illegitimate (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | curtal, |
| definition | : | (obsolete) cut short (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | small, |
| definition | : | slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | puissant, |
| definition | : | powerful (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | heartless, |
| definition | : | devoid of courage or enthusiasm (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | scrivened, |
| definition | : | copied in handwriting (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | careful, |
| definition | : | full of cares or anxiety (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | strait, |
| definition | : | narrow (adj.all) |
| domain member usage | : | horary, |
| definition | : | relating to the hours (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | meretricious, |
| definition | : | like or relating to a prostitute (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | apopemptic, |
| definition | : | addressed to one who is departing (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | scriptural, |
| definition | : | written or relating to writing (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | empiric, empirical, |
| definition | : | relying on medical quackery (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | hence, |
| definition | : | from this place (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | away, forth, off, |
| definition | : | from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | privily, |
| definition | : | confidentially or in secret (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | brotherly, |
| definition | : | (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | mellow, mellowly, |
| definition | : | (obsolete) in a mellow manner (adv.all) |
| domain member usage | : | verily, |
| definition | : | in truth; certainly (adv.all) |
| derivation | : | archaise, archaize, |
| definition | : | give an archaic appearance of character to (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | archaistic, |
| definition | : | imitative of an archaic style or manner (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, |
| definition | : | have sexual intercourse with (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | archaise, archaize, |
| definition | : | give an archaic appearance of character to (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | archaistic, |
| definition | : | imitative of an archaic style or manner (adj.pert) |
| domain member usage | : | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, |
| definition | : | have sexual intercourse with (verb.contact) |
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