Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archaist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-chaist
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary

noun

A person who uses archaisms in language

Etymology

Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -ist.

Inflected Forms

archaists (plural)

Derived Forms

archaistic pseudoarchaist

Synonyms

antiquary antiquarian

Questions

What does archaist mean?: A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
Where does archaist come from?: Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -ist.

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