Lexicographical Neighbors of Alienisms
Literary usage of Alienisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"... the slight difference being due to a little greater restriction in the use of
alienisms in the former on account of the use of the iambic metre. ..."
2. The Structure of English Prose: A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric by John George Repplier McElroy (1885)
"But even unqualified aliens must be admitted sometimes, and in certain cases
maybe admitted without serious loss, (a) Necessary alienisms are («) such as ..."
3. English Literature During the Lifetime of Shakespeare by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1910)
"... alike removed from the alienisms-of <b«1^,atini-rs, the niceties and affectations
of the ..."
4. A History of German Literature by Calvin Thomas (1909)
"... have aided in the movement for purging the language of useless and incongruous
alienisms—such are the achievements on which the renown of Opitz rests. ..."
5. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1898)
"Fait accompli, " an accomplished fact," one of those alienisms that are apt to
make the style sound affected without a corresponding advantage in the idea. ..."
6. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"4 1 For beacon-words, and the use of alienisms as such, see above, p. 60. 2 "
Such is the nature of language that, if the best possible word be chosen, ..."
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