archaistic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The superb piece, previously unpublished, displays archaistic features.
From New York Times • May 28, 2010
There had always, it may be noted, existed an archaistic section of literary society.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
Statues, various types of, 65; votive, 315; archaic, 65–70, 71, 72; at Argos, 418; archaistic, 70.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
Sometimes it returns upon its footsteps, and revives some antique form, as happened in the archaistic movement of late Greek Art, and in the pre-Raphaelite movement of our own day.
From Intentions by Wilde, Oscar
In its stead Silius presents us with a confused welter of archaistic battle, learned allusion, and epic commonplace.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
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