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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Note the Latinism "threatened his heads," and the imperfect rhyme "brands."
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
The expression is a Latinism, the gown standing for the toga.
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
What Latinism did, however, was to teach the appreciation of the dignity of time, the beauty of the passing years, and their enriching effect on things and men.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
This use of the participle is a Latinism: see note, l.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
After the Tuscan mariners transformed; a Latinism, meaning, after the transformation of the Tuscan mariners.
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
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