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An⋅gli⋅cism

  [ang-gluh-siz-uhm]
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–noun (sometimes lowercase)
1. a Briticism.
2. the state of being English; characteristic English quality.
3. a word, idiom, or characteristic feature of the English language occurring in or borrowed by another language.
4. any custom, manner, idea, etc., characteristic of the English people.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML Anglic(us) English + -ism
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An·gli·cism also an·gli·cism   (āng'glĭ-sĭz'əm)   
n.  

    1. A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or peculiar to the English language.

    2. A Briticism.

  2. A typically English quality.


[From Medieval Latin Anglicus, English; see Anglican.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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