a. [f. prec. + -IC.] Of or pertaining to an archaist; imitatively archaic; affectedly antique.
1850. Leitch, Müller’s Anc. Art, § 86. The features harsh and archaistic.
1881. Sayce, in Academy, 20 Aug., 143. It [language of Homer] is archaistic rather than archaic.
1882. Q. Rev., Oct., 381. Archaistic works … like the so-called Queen Anne furniture in our days.
