(haɪˈbɜːnɪˌsɪzəm) or Hibernianism (haɪˈbɜːnɪəˌnɪzəm)
noun
an Irish expression, idiom, trait, custom, etc
Hibernicism in American English
(haɪˈbɜrnəˌsɪzəm)
noun
an Irish characteristic, custom, idiom, etc.
Word origin
< Hibernia + -ic + -ism
Hibernicism in American English
(haiˈbɜːrnəˌsɪzəm)
noun
an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish
Also: Hibernianism (haiˈbɜːrniəˌnɪzəm)
Word origin
[1750–60; ‹ ML Hibernic(us) Hibernian (Hibern(ia) Hibernia + -icus-ic) + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: continental, infiltrate, permeability, quartz, summation-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)