[f. ARCHAIC + -ISM; cf. romanticism.] Ancient style or quality.
1862. Birmingham Jrnl., 16 Aug., 6/7. All the indifferent carpentry and rough workmanship; the exaggerated archaicisms and needless clumsiness which disfigure these works are, after all, but of little consequence.
1864. Daily Tel., 1 Dec. It has rather the air of imitative, not of authentic, archaicism.
1883. Q. Rev., July, 191. They evolve out of remnants of archaicism, that appear to ordinary readers sterile and dull, what they are pleased to believe marvels of genius and of force.
