archaistic

archaistic

English

Etymology

From archaist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑːkeɪˈɪstɪk/

Adjective

archaistic (comparative more archaistic, superlative most archaistic)

1. Pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:

     The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until the Renaissance.

Noun

archaistic (uncountable)

1. Archaistic themes, motifs, items, etc.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 138:

     As in the case of Renaissance Italy, it is precisely the presence of the archaistic in the modern that is so fascinating to the cultural historian.

Translations

Translations

Italian: arcaistico Polish: archaistyczny (pl) Portuguese: arcaísta (pt)