Definition of Barbarisms

1. Noun. (plural of barbarism) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barbarisms

1. barbarism [n] - See also: barbarism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbarisms

barbaras
barbaresque
barbarian
barbarianism
barbarianisms
barbarians
barbaric
barbarically
barbarious
barbariously
barbariousness
barbarisation
barbarisations
barbarise
barbarism
barbarisms (current term)
barbarities
barbarity
barbarization
barbarizations
barbarize
barbarized
barbarizes
barbarizing
barbarous
barbarously
barbarousness
barbarousnesses
barbary
barbary dove

Literary usage of Barbarisms

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 (1905)
"barbarisms, or Words Not English.—Every combination of letters used by those who ... barbarisms are most commonly found in the speech of the uneducated, ..."

2. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"Avoid gross violations of good use, particularly (a) barbarisms, ... barbarisms are distortions of words in good use, or coinages for which there is no need ..."

3. The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and by Henry Noble Day (1872)
"The following are barbarisms in respect to the use of 'WORDS NOT AUTHORIZED ... Among barbarisms are to be enumerated unauthorized derivatives and compound ..."

4. The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application by Adams Sherman Hill (1891)
"TEDE offences against the usage of the English language are: (1) barbarisms, words not English; (2) Solecisms, constructions not English ; (3) Improprieties ..."

5. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"... A Rout — barbarisms — Army Regulations — Laics respecting Marriage— Climate— Nobility—Character of Prince Frederic—Stale of the Army—Danish Policy with ..."

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