Latinism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Latinism
From the Medieval Latin word latīnismus, dating back to 1560–70. See Latin, -ism
Example Sentences
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The acme of this affectation was reached in the Hypnerotomachia, where the vice of Latinism sought perpetuation through the printing press.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Latinism was a flavor of the soul, and the modern soul rarely, if ever, assumes that flavor.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
M. Magne, it is true, attributes this change not so much to the pedantic Latinism of the Duc de Montausier, and the hair-splitting of the academicians, as to the decay produced by gaiety itself.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
Infámous, having a bad name, ill-famed: a Latinism.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
Whatever Toni had told him of Latinism and Mediterranean civilization, he now accepted as great truths.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
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