archaize
Give antique character
To archaize is to make something seem old or old-fashioned, or to adopt archaic style.
Writers archaize when they use *thee* and *thou* or sprinkle in *forsooth*.
Architects archaize when they design buildings with medieval features.
The film archaized its dialogue to evoke the 1800s.
The word itself has an archaic quality—*make old-fashioned* serves most contexts better.
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
fusty · musty · florid · ornate · stilted · affected · grandiloquent · euphuism
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
traditional · old-world · bygone · nostalgic · sepia-toned · weathered · patina · timeworn
Great age, ancient era
- ancientVery old indeed
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
chronicle · epoch · civilization · excavation · monument · inscription · paleography · manuscript
Word origin study
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- diachronicConcerning change over time
- neologismNewly created expression
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
morphology · syntax · anachronism · obsolescent · antiquarian · linguistic · historical · grammar
obsolete
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
quaint · fusty · musty · florid · ornate · stilted · affected · grandiloquent · euphuism · flowery
replicate
Copy exactly
reproduce · recreate · reenact · revive · restore · resurrect · simulate · evoke · channel · pastiche
vintage
Quality from past eras
classical · traditional · old-world · bygone · nostalgic · sepia-toned · weathered · patina · timeworn · aged
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
relics · chronicle · epoch · civilization · excavation · monument · inscription · paleography · manuscript · codex
etymology
Word origin study
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- diachronicConcerning change over time
- neologismNewly created expression
lexicography · morphology · syntax · anachronism · obsolescent · antiquarian · linguistic · historical · grammar · vocabulary
archaizemodernize
Make contemporary
modernise · update · contemporize · bring up to date · futurize
archaizemodernize
Make contemporary
freshen · revitalize · rejuvenate · refresh · renew
- archaic languageOutmoded forms of expression
- archaic wordsLanguage fallen from use
- archaic EnglishOutdated form of language
- archaic termsOutdated words and phrases
- archaic poetryOutdated literary composition
- archaic traditionsOutdated inherited practices