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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the use of an archaic expression
origin17th 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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
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- charism 14
- chiasma 14
- chimars 14
- chrisma 14
- charms 13
- chiasm 13
- chimar 13
- chirms 13
- chrism 13
- simcha 13
- smirch 13