Hibernicism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hibernicism
1750–60; < Medieval Latin Hibernic ( us ) Hibernian ( Hibern ( ia ) Hibernia + -icus -ic ) + -ism
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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
“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
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
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
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 Frederick H. Hitchcock
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