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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Elsewhere the dogmatic summary of Hume's "Essays" illustrates the lingering eighteenth-century Latinism that had been previously travestied in the more stilted passages of the letters of Burns.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
Note the Latinism "threatened his heads," and the imperfect rhyme "brands."
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
What a loss it would be had the magnificent rugged name of Rembrandt van Rhyn been exchanged for a smooth emasculated Latinism.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.
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
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
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