anarch

[ an-ahrk ]
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nounArchaic.

Origin of anarch

1
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy

Words Nearby anarch

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How to use anarch in a sentence

  • It was he who invented anarch for the spirit of anarchy or disorder, and no one has found a better word to express the idea.

    Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'Neill
  • Now Emerson was an anarch who flouted the conventions of art and life.

    American Sketches | Charles Whibley
  • And now she was discovering what a disorganizer love is, what an anarch among plans, what a smasher of china.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • There the reign of a mightier and more dreadful Ruler, a greater Destroyer, a wilder anarch, begins.

  • One trembles at the idea of this aristocratic anarch among the bleating law-makers.

    Iconoclasts | James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for anarch

anarch

/ (ˈænɑːk) /


noun
  1. archaic an instigator or personification of anarchy

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