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单词 anglicity
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Anglicityn.

Brit. /ˌaŋˈɡlɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌæŋˈɡlɪsᵻdi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Anglicus , -ity suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Anglicus English (see Anglic adj.) + -ity suffix, after post-classical Latin Anglicitas (1846 or earlier in dictionarium totius Anglicitatis or lexicon totius Anglicitatis a dictionary of all English). Compare earlier Latinity n., Anglicism n.
The quality of being English; spec. Englishness of speech or style; English idiom.In later use chiefly after quot. 1884.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > state or fact of being
Englishry1607
Englishness1804
Anglicity1823
John Bullishness1895
1823 Jrnl. House of Representatives Commonw. of Kentucky 7 Feb. 74 It would be questionable both as to the anglicity and sense of it, to say that lands should be determined by the laws now existing, &c. But it would be entirely proper so to speak in relation to the rights or title to the land.
1874 F. H. Laing What is Christianity? 5 If..a man of another country..should deem it sufficient to take up some sentimental notion,..which he should call ‘Anglicity’; he might indeed become an amateur Englishman.
1884 J. A. H. Murray in N.E.D. Gen. Explan. p. xvi The English vocabulary contains a nucleus or central mass of many thousand words whose ‘Anglicity’ is unquestioned.
1925 L. P. Smith Words & Idioms i. 22 Purity meaning for us homogeneity of speech, or..we may perhaps borrow from the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary the slightly less cumbrous word ‘anglicity’.
2000 H. Jackson & E. Zé Amvela Words, Meaning, & Vocab. ii. 31 They constitute a nucleus or central mass of many thousand words with an undisputed claim to ‘Anglicity’ or Englishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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