Saxonism

[ sak-suh-niz-uhm ]

noun
  1. an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.

Origin of Saxonism

1
First recorded in 1765–75; Saxon + -ism

Words Nearby Saxonism

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