Englishism
English
Noun
Englishism (plural Englishisms)
- An expression or characteristic peculiar to the English language.
- 1873, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature:
- And this is the moment , when Englishism pure and simple , which with all its fine qualities managed always to make itself singularly unattractive , is losing that imperturbable faith in its untransformed self
See also
References
- “Englishism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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