Anglo-Saxonism

[ ang-gloh-sak-suh-niz-uh m ]

/ ˌæŋ gloʊˈsæk səˌnɪz əm /

QUIZZES

Here is our second set of teacher-selected PSAT vocabulary words. Do you know the meanings of these terms?

Question 1 of 10

advocate

First recorded in 1855–60; Anglo-Saxon + -ism

Anglo-Saxonism is a very good thing; simplicity and common sense are very good things too.
Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853|Various
In American colonization, Anglo-Saxonism was but a drop in the bucket.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886|Various
A is an Anglo-Saxonism for in or on; as a'board, a'going, &c.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
With due allowance for her Anglo-Saxonism and honesty, she was the type of woman to whom “things happen.”
The Dust Flower|Basil King