Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who archaizes; one who affects an archaic style.

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  • No one likes an archaizer, apart from a million Cormac McCarthy fans, but a novelist writing of the 17th century should at least avoid language that is jarringly inconsistent or out of place.

    Mercy! 2009

  • No one likes an archaizer, apart from a million Cormac McCarthy fans, but a novelist writing of the 17th century should at least avoid language that is jarringly inconsistent or out of place.

    Mercy! 2009

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