English, with a sub-flavour of the Mabinogionic archaicism, is admirable; and his style gives life and light to the nine volumes whose matter is frequently heavy enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Wolzek pronounced the archaicism with studied care. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
"Thinking full well" makes no sense to me, not even as an archaicism. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THINKING FULL WELL.] Reference
This, I feel, is in itself an indication that we're dealing with an archaicism. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Pre-IE Centralization] Reference
Mavors is, as far as I know, only attested in later classical poetry and so does not necessarily suggest an archaicism. From Wordnik.com. [Getting the origins of Mars and Vulcan right] Reference
Nowadays, "stevedore" is essentially an archaicism; the men in the longshoremens union run those giant cranes and are paid very well. From Wordnik.com. [Detcord] Reference
It's always tempting to assume that everything in an older branch such as Anatolian is an archaicism but naturally that can't logically be the case. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the early Indo-European subjunctive 1ps ending] Reference
He saw that it must be a survival, or perhaps a deliberate archaicism. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn of All] Reference
Her literary style beguiled me into the responsive archaicism of the second person singular. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
What has actually been stripped away is, arguably, any affectation of archaicism in the prose. From Wordnik.com. [Notes From The Geek Show] Reference
The heroine's small brother, with playful archaicism called "a springald," puts on her skirts and things and passes himself off for his sister or anybody else he pleases. From Wordnik.com. [Ponkapog Papers.] Reference
His version is most readable: his English, with a sub-flavour of the Mabinogionic archaicism, is admirable; and his style gives life and light to the nine volumes whose matter is frequently heavy enough. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
"Deliberately misapplied archaicism is sometimes regarded as humorous by Earthmen, magnificence. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
I appreciate the archaicism. From Wordnik.com. ["Check Althouse's comments if you want sex talk..."] Reference
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