Definition of Anglicisms

1. Noun. (plural of Anglicism) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of anglicism) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anglicisms

1. anglicism [n] - See also: anglicism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglicisms

angles of reflection
angles of refraction
anglesite
anglesites
anglewing
anglewise
anglewitch
anglewitches
angleworm
angleworms
anglice
anglicise
anglicised
anglicises
anglicising
anglicisms (current term)
anglicization
anglicizations
anglicize
anglicized
anglicizes
anglicizing
anglified
anglifies
anglify
angling
anglings
anglist
anglists
anglo

Literary usage of Anglicisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1899)
"Americanisms and anglicisms.— Certain forms of expression are to their detriment branded as anglicisms or Americanisms, and on either side of the Atlantic ..."

2. Principles of Composition by Percy Holmes Boynton (1915)
"Americanisms versus anglicisms. Occasionally anglicisms have the advantage over the corresponding Americanisms in being quite as exact and at the same time ..."

3. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"His Discourse was stuff'd with anglicisms, & now & then he us'da Greek Expression, as being Greek Professor. ..."

4. English and Scottish Sketches by Oliver Prescott Hiller (1857)
"anglicisms. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old. ESSAY ox CRITICISM. A GREAT deal has been said, ..."

5. Elocutionary Manual: The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and by Alexander Melville Bell (1887)
"anglicisms OF ARTICULATION. 165. The leading Anglicism of Articulation has been already pointed out in remarks on the letter R (par. 71, et seg. ..."

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