2. Noun. (plural of anglicism) ¹
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Definition of Anglicisms
1. anglicism [n] - See also: anglicism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglicisms
Literary usage of Anglicisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1899)
"Americanisms and Anglicisms.— Certain forms of expression are to their detriment
branded as Anglicisms or Americanisms, and on either side of the Atlantic ..."
2. Principles of Composition by Percy Holmes Boynton (1915)
"Americanisms versus Anglicisms. Occasionally Anglicisms have the advantage over
the corresponding Americanisms in being quite as exact and at the same time ..."
3. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"His Discourse was stuff'd with Anglicisms, & now & then he us'da Greek Expression,
as being Greek Professor. ..."
4. English and Scottish Sketches by Oliver Prescott Hiller (1857)
"Anglicisms. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if
too new or old. ESSAY ox CRITICISM. A GREAT deal has been said, ..."
5. Elocutionary Manual: The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and by Alexander Melville Bell (1887)
"Anglicisms OF ARTICULATION. 165. The leading Anglicism of Articulation has been
already pointed out in remarks on the letter R (par. 71, et seg. ..."
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