Italianismn.
/ɪˈtalɪənɪz(ə)m/ 1. An Italian practice, feature, or trait; esp. an Italian expression or idiom of language.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > trait
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Italian > idiom of
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Italicism1773
Lombardism1819
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. O3 Some notable newe Italionisme.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Signale,..notable,..(An Italianisme; and deriued from the custome of marking souldiors in auncient Garrisons).
1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 667 The introduction of Italianisms into the language.
1900 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 71 113/2 Of Italianisms and other foreignisms..I have amassed a large collection.
2. Italian quality, spirit, or taste; attachment to Italian ideas or principles; sympathy with Italy.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Italians > [noun] > quality
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Italianity1881
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > Italy
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1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 163 An absurd pretension to Italianism, which caricatured refinement, and surpassed Keats in folly.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 202 The very character of that ministry was, however, its Italianism.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 1 Sept. 163/3 Such public expressions of sentiments by public functionaries in Trieste itself are proofs beyond all doubt of the Italianism of the citizens.
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