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Sax⋅on⋅ism

[sak-suh-niz-uhm]
–noun
an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.
Also called Anglo-Saxonism.


Origin:
1765–75; Saxon + -ism
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Sax·on·ism   (sāk'sə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  An English word, phrase, or idiom of Anglo-Saxon origin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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