ARCHAIST

antiquary, antiquarian, archaist

(noun) an expert or collector of antiquities

archaist

(noun) a person who archaizes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

archaist (plural archaists)

A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary

A person who uses archaisms in language

Anagrams

• citharas

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"cha*ist, n.

1. Am antiquary.

2. One who uses archaisms.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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