Category:English archaic terms

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. immundicity
  2. whither
  3. inlapidate
  4. milliner
  5. alight
  6. spandy
  7. fain
  8. abject
  9. peccant
  10. chee chee
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. sufferable
  2. abject
  3. abalienation
  4. whilom
  5. beseem
  6. haply
  7. boot
  8. sightly
  9. cousin-german
  10. sneap

English terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.

The following sense-dependent label generates this category: archaic (alias antiquated)edit. To generate this category using one of these labels, use {{tlb|en|label}}.

  • Category:English archaic forms: English forms that are used sometimes to imitate older literature for special effect, and serve as alternative forms of the same terms in recent general use.