Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archaize

/ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-chaize
IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.

American usage; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The statue had an archaized quality to it."
"An Egyptologist's mind immediately turns to the ancient Egyptian counterpart to such an imagined protosactuary: a reed hut that all late Egyptian temples, in their archaizing longing to return to the origins, sought to emulate in stone through the typically Egyptian temple features of inward-sloping walls, torus and corvetto cornice."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀρχαΐζω

Usage

Inflected Forms

archaizes (present, singular) archaizing (participle, present) archaized (participle, past) archaized (past) archaise (alternative)

Derived Forms

archaization archaizer archaizingly

Synonyms

archaicize archaise

Questions

How do you pronounce archaize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/.
What does archaize mean?: To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
Where does archaize come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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