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Arch.
Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
📖 Definitions of "Arch."
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Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
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(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
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Belonging to the archaic period
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The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
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An archaic word, style, etc.
"In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism."
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The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
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A group of archers.
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(collective) A group of islands.
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(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
"The Gulag Archipelago"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Arch."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| expnoun | (roleplaying games) Initialism of experience point. |
| miknoun | The setup of a microphone. |
| archnoun | (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch |
| hist.noun | Abbreviation of historian. [A writer of history.] |
| geo.noun | (archaic) Abbreviation of George. [(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.] |
| prop.noun | Alternative form of prop (ballot proposition). [An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.] |
| arts. | — |
| ant.noun | Abbreviation of Antrim. [A county in northeastern Northern Ireland.] |
| art.noun | (law, grammar) Abbreviation of article. [A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.] |
| vic.noun | Abbreviation of Victoria: a state of Australia. [(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.] |
| archaick | Obsolete form of archaic. [Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.] |
| archæic | (hypercorrect) Archaic form of archaic. [Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.] |
| venerablenoun | (Singapore) A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Buddhist monks and nuns. |
| archaicnoun | (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.). |
| acerb | (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself. |
| archaeologicnoun | Pertaining to archaeology. |
| abbreviateverb | (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form. |
| auncientnoun | Obsolete form of ancient. [Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.] |
| antickenoun | Obsolete form of antic. [(architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.] |
| medievalnoun | Someone living in the Middle Ages. |
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