paleologism

词形变化

paleologisms 复数 paleologisms

别名

palaeologism palæologism

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured or offensive, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication different from that of any earlier usage.

  2. 2.

    An obsolete term.

词源

From paleo- + -logism, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with λόγος (lógos, “word”).

来源：wiktionary