Italicism

[ ih-tal-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

1. Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Italicism¹

1765–75; Italic ( def ) (referring to the branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Italian) + -ism

Example Sentences

One instance of italicism was in fact all that had been overlooked in the course of many pages.

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