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Englishism rare.|ˈɪŋglɪʃɪz(ə)m|
[f. English + -ism.]
1. In various occasional senses: The characteristics peculiar to the English; English modes of procedure; a manifestation or product of English character; attachment to what is English.
1855Tait's Mag. XXII. 177 He..certificated his patriotism when only an excess of English-ism was imputed. 1865J. W. Kaye Sepoy War (heading of chapter) The Progress of Englishism [i.e. the remodelling of land tenure in India according to English notions]. 1868Mayne Reid Child Wife xix. (1888) 101 In his own features..there was an unmistakable expression of ‘Englishism’. 1879Indian Daily N. 2 Oct., An Englishism..which foreigners note.
2. An English idiom or form of speech.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 203/2 We..did the best we might with blunt Englishisms. |