Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ARCHAISM
archaism, archaicism
(noun) the use of an archaic expression
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
archaism (countable and uncountable, plural archaisms)
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
An archaic word, style, etc.
• L. Douglas
Anagrams
• charisma, machairs
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"cha*ism, n. Etym: [Gr. archaĂŻsme. See Arch, a.]
1. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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