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

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 Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)

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)

The monotype machine is, to use a Hibernicism, two machines, which, though quite separate and unrelated, are yet mutually interdependent and necessary the one to the other.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

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