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/ing"gli shiz'euhm/ or, often, /-li-/, n.1. a Briticism.2. attachment to what is English.[1850-55; ENGLISH + -ISM]
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Englishism
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Englishism — Eng lish*ism, n. 1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Englishism — [iŋ′glishiz΄əm] n. 1. BRITICISM 2. an attachment to the British ways and things … English World dictionary
englishism — Eng·lish·ism || ɪŋlɪʃɪzÉ™m n. any word or phrase that is peculiarly English; quality that is typical of the English; Briticism … English contemporary dictionary
englishism — en·glish·ism … English syllables
englishism — ˌshizəm noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a quality, characteristic, or mode of procedure peculiar to the English 2. : a form of expression peculiar to English as spoken in England : anglicism 3. : attachment to that which is English … Useful english dictionary
language — n 1. speech, tongue, dialect, parlance, idiolect; vernacular, common speech, vulgate, vulgar tongue; mother tongue, native tongue, parent language, linguistic stock; slang, idiom, vulgarism, colloquialism, vernacularism, archaism; patois, pidgin … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
