3. Th. Barbarism.

Opposed to familiarity is the barbarism. A word may be a barbarism because of its relation to time or to place. (1) Barbarisms from 711118.—The first class in¬cludes words not familiar to the generation to which the writer belongs. These are (1) obsolete words, or such as were once in good use, but have ceased to be living constituents of the language ; and (2) newly coined words, or such as have not received the sanction of time. Pope has formulated the rhetorical law on this subject in this well-known stanza : In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old :	• Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." t • Poetic, xxii, 8.	f Ith4torie, B. III. C. ii. & $ Buoy on Oriticises, Part (2) Barbarism from Plaoe.—The barbarism em¬braces also words which are not familiar in all places where the language is written. These are (1) foreign words, which the semi-educated are always introducing into their writings and conversation, as a proof of their learning ; (2) provincialims, often unconsciously used by those who suppose their local terms to be generally known to those who speak the same language ; and (3) technical terms belonging to special arts and sciences.