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Germanicism|dʒəˈmænɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. Germanic a.1 + -ism.]
A Germanic characteristic, idiom, etc.; Germanic quality.
1905Daily Chron. 14 Sept. 3/2 Mr. Zilliacus's translator, who gives us..sch's for j's, w's for v's, and other Germanicisms. 1947Partridge Usage & Abusage 94/2 Attempting to rejuvenate it [sc. the literary language] with Gallicisms, Germanicisms, Grecisms and Latinisms. 1964Listener 2 Apr. 559/2 The style in which he painted and the school to which he so loosely belonged were tainted with the labels of vulgarity and Germanicism—the two qualities the English can least abide. |