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Definition of Foreignisms
1. foreignism [n] - See also: foreignism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreignisms
Literary usage of Foreignisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Schooling of the Immigrant by Frank Victor Thompson (1920)
"Time and ingenuity devoted to the eradication of foreignisms in the pronunciation
of children is eminently worth while and the effort ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1890)
"That he left in this our first complete English Bible some few foreignisms (sic)
and some inverted English is not surprising when we find that the dozen ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"No, my dear friend; you must not risk the success of your letter on foreignisms
of style which may weaken its effect. Some native pen must give it to our ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States (1907)
"No, my dear friend; you must not risk the success of your letter on foreignisms
of style which may weaken its effect. Some native pen must give it to our ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"... to apologize for the foreignisms it may contain, and which we trust they will
kindly excuse, in consideration of our sincere endeavor to contribute our ..."
6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"... in connection with the first mention, of any of these foreignisms from time
to time making their appearance in our horticultural literature. ..."
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