Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
the use of ponderous, old-fashioned language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: neologism
History
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).
