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archaist

archaist noun: a person who studies archaic things; an antiquary.

Noun

archaist (plural archaists)

  1. A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
  2. A person who uses archaisms in language

archaist meaning in Tamil

archaist in Tamil

தொல்வழக்குகளைக் கையாள்பவர்

Forms of archaist

pluralarchaists

Origin of archaist

Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -ist.

Words formed from archaist

Questions about archaist

What does archaist mean?
Archaist means a person who studies archaic things; an antiquary.
What is archaist in Tamil?
Archaist in Tamil is தொல்வழக்குகளைக் கையாள்பவர். See Archaist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archaist?
Archaist is a noun.
What is the plural of archaist?
The plural of archaist is archaists.

Words near archaist in the dictionary

  1. archaisers
  2. archaises
  3. archaising
  4. archaism
  5. archaisms
  6. archaist
  7. archaistic
  8. archaistically
  9. archaists
  10. archaization
  11. archaizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archaist (page history and authors); archaist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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