archaistic

1. 1.

   imitative of an archaic style or manner

   “archaistic writing”

Questions about archaistic

What does archaistic mean?

archaistic means "imitative of an archaic style or manner".

How many syllables are in archaistic?

archaistic has 3 syllables and divides as ar-chai-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is archaistic a common word?

archaistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.