New Englandismn.
/ˌnjuː ˈɪŋɡləndɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lənˌdɪz(ə)m/ 1. An idiom or mode of expression peculiar to New England.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > idiom of
Americanism1781
Yankeeism1820
New Englandism1831
Westernism1836
Canadianism1838
Hoosierism1843
southernism1855
transatlanticism1858
frontierism1890
New Yorkerism1951
1831 Boston Transcript 7 Sept. 2/3 Mr Pickering, however, thinks hub a New-Englandism only.
1835 Southern Literary Messenger 1 423 This is a New-Englandism not confined to the vulgar.
1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 198 Dr. R-M. S. Heffner, who was born in 1892 at Bellefontaine, in the west central part of the State [sc. Ohio], testifies that New Englandisms were common there in his boyhood.
1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 17 June 25 Some Midwestern friends visiting a Boston ice cream parlor were mystified by the word ‘frappé,’ a New Englandism that means ‘milk shake’.
2. Behaviour or temperament considered characteristic of New Englanders; (originally) spec. New England theology (see New England n. 2).
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society > morality > virtue > [noun] > conformity to high standards
strictness1578
stricturea1616
Puritan consciencea1649
New Englandism1844
1844 (title) New Englandism not the religion of the Bible; being an examination of a review of Bishop Brownell's fourth charge to his clergy, in the New Englander for Jan. 1844.
1858 H. W. Beecher & E. D. Proctor Life Thoughts 42 New Englandism is but another word for Puritanism in the Independent sense.
1891 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 128/1 Forefathers' Day is the day when these New England Societies have their festivals and give free vent to their New Englandism.
1919 A. Van L. Carrick Collector's Luck (1926) 165 I wonder, Reggie, if that is your latent New Englandism showing itself?
1993 National Geographic Traveler Jan.–Feb. 73/1 Route 100's quintessential Vermont village, Weston and its bandstanded village green, its scattered shops, inns, and high-steepled churches, evoke a well-bred New Englandism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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