Meaning of pseudo-archaic | Babel Free

Definitions

Seemingly, but not actually, archaic.

not-comparable

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Examples

“To dramatize Norse myths, he created a pseudo-archaic form⟳ of German, whose cadences dictated the stately melodic lines, which in turn⟳ flowed together into endless scenes.”

“If you look⟳ the word up in the dictionary, you will find⟳ it is a “pseudo-archaic spelling of fair”. So the fayre is a pseudo event.”

“In the pun-riddled libretto by Ernst von Wolzogen (a satirist and cabaret figure⟳), all this is expressed in a mixture of Bavarian dialect (poorly rendered by this American cast⟳) and that easily lampooned hodgepodge of alliteration and pseudo-archaic German of Wagner’s own⟳ librettos.”

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