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, haɪˈbɜːnɪəˌnɪzəm /

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

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 Lowell, James Russell

And this fine impressibility of nature, which needs no statistics, when it is combined with genius,—if we may be pardoned an Hibernicism which almost writes itself,—may be said to create its own statistics.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various

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 Wetherald, A. Ethelwyn

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

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

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

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry