a custom, linguistic usage, or other feature peculiar to Britain or its people
Briticism in American English
(ˈbrɪtəˌsɪzəm)
US
noun
a word, phrase, grammatical construction, etc. originating in or peculiar to British English
Briticism in American English
(ˈbrɪtəˌsɪzəm)
noun
a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English, esp. as compared with American English, as lift compared with elevator or in hospital with in the hospital
Also: Britishism
Word origin
[1865–70, Amer.; british + -ism, with -ic for -ish on the model of gallicism, etc.]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, dunk, figure skating, goulash, maverick-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)