anarch

[ an-ahrk ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. anarchist.

anarch

/ ˈænɑːk /

noun

1. archaic.
   an instigator or personification of anarchy

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarch¹

First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy

Example Sentences

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.

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Now Emerson was an anarch who flouted the conventions of art and life.

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And now she was discovering what a disorganizer love is, what an anarch among plans, what a smasher of china.

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There the reign of a mightier and more dreadful Ruler, a greater Destroyer, a wilder Anarch, begins.

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

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