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How archaisms often is described ("________ archaisms")
- english
- such
- principal
- phonetic
- playful
- poetical
- remarkable
- certain
- unusual
- misleading
- similar
- grammatical
- obvious
- biblical
- superficial
- many
- called
- magnificent
- jocular
- apparent
- century
- feudalistic
- clumsy
- unintelligible
- characteristic
- latin
- intentional
- obscure
- affected
- linguistic
- fewer
- extravagant
- bookish
- conventional
- excellent
- few
- deliberate
- lexical
- artificial
- stylistic
- spenserian
- interesting
- slavonic
- cruder
- stilted
- picturesque
- mere
- overworn
- miscellaneous
- frequent
- poetic
- odd
- occasional
- quaint
- slight
- tertiary
- singular
- conspicuous
- recondite
- trite
- typical
- numerous
- morphological
- curious
- medieval
- unnecessary
- romantic
- literary
- musical
- alleged
- chosen
- false
- elaborate
- verbal
- conscious
- foolish
- pretentious
- precious
