Italicismn.
/ɪˈtalɪsɪz(ə)m/ rare.
An Italian expression or idiom; an Italianism.
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Italianism1594
Italicism1773
Lombardism1819
1773 Westm. Mag. 1 15 Our language abounds with Italicisms.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ii. 188 The Gallicisms or Italicisms are very numerous [in Thomas à Kempis].
1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 375 Portico, an Italicism of the Lat. porticus.
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