hyperarchaism
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hyperarchaism (plural hyperarchaisms)
- A hyperarchaic phrase or expression.
- 1920, Classical Philology, volume 15, page 183:
- One can imagine the solemnly pretentious archaisms and hyperarchaisms — Dogberry elegancies — in the liturgies of such a guild.