archaiser
archaiser is the alternative form of archaizer.
Meaning of archaizer
Noun
archaizer (plural archaizers)
- One who makes archaic, as by using an archaic style.
- It is a fact that this type includes a number of republican words that never became part of the literary language, except occasionally in the hands of later archaizers.2005, Tobias Reinhardt, John Norman Adams, Michael Lapidge, Aspects of the Language of Latin Prose, page 80
Forms of archaiser
| plural | archaisers |
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Origin of archaiser
From archaise + -er.
Questions about archaiser
- What is archaiser the alternative form of?
- Archaiser is the alternative form of archaizer.
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