Hibernicism

[ hahy-bur-nuh-siz-uhm ]

noun

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

Hibernicism

/ haɪˈbɜːnɪəˌnɪzəm; haɪˈbɜːnɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hibernicism¹

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

Example Sentences

When it was brought to me, my toast (to use an Hibernicism) proved to be bread-and-butter.

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I well remember on one occasion when I was young in literature perpetrating a pretty strong Hibernicism in one of my books.

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"'T was merely a little Hibernicism, for which I beg your Eminence's indulgence," laughed she.

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