Hibernicism

American  

[hahy-bur-nuh-siz-uhm] / haɪˈbɜr nəˌsɪz əm /

Also Hibernianism

noun

1. an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.

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Hibernicism British  

/ haɪˈbɜːnɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. an Irish expression, idiom, trait, custom, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Hibernicism

1750–60; < Medieval Latin Hibernic ( us ) Hibernian ( Hibern ( ia ) Hibernia + -icus -ic ) + -ism

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Hibernicism

Fancy, however, that, without any Hibernicism, the best road is in the water of the lake.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Mr. PALMER:—Does not the gentleman's amendment involve an Hibernicism?

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden

“Would a duck swim?” said I, using an expressive Hibernicism.

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

And yet some delicate mouths even now are careful to observe the Hibernicism of ge-ard for guard, and ge-url for girl.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

Not that they loved society less, but solitude more; especially, to use a Hibernicism, when that solitude was shared.

From An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by A. Ethelwyn Wetherald