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单词 Hibernianism
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Definition of Hibernianism in English:

Hibernianism

(also Hibernicism)
nounhʌɪˈbəːnɪənɪz(ə)mhīˈbərnēəˌnizəm
  • An Irish idiom or expression.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also, your slavish use of obsolete, twee and anglicised Hibernicisms is peculiarly un-Irish, not to mention unconvincing and uncouth.
    • I hope that, after making due allowance for Hibernicisms and for imperfect acquaintance with English modes of thought and expression, he will accept my explanation as sufficient.
    • The foregoing words and expressions are probably provincialisms rather than Devonianisms, good old English forms of expression; as are, indeed, many of the so-called Hibernicisms.
    • When it was brought to me, my toast (to use an Hibernicism) proved to be bread-and-butter.
 
 

Definition of Hibernianism in US English:

Hibernianism

(also Hibernicism)
nounhīˈbərnēəˌnizəm
  • An Irish idiom or expression.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also, your slavish use of obsolete, twee and anglicised Hibernicisms is peculiarly un-Irish, not to mention unconvincing and uncouth.
    • When it was brought to me, my toast (to use an Hibernicism) proved to be bread-and-butter.
    • I hope that, after making due allowance for Hibernicisms and for imperfect acquaintance with English modes of thought and expression, he will accept my explanation as sufficient.
    • The foregoing words and expressions are probably provincialisms rather than Devonianisms, good old English forms of expression; as are, indeed, many of the so-called Hibernicisms.
 
 
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