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Italicism

[ ih-tal-uh-siz-uh m ]

/ ɪˈtæl əˌsɪz əm /

noun

Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.

Origin of Italicism

1765–75; Italic (referring to the branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Italian) + -ism

Example sentences from the Web for italicism

One instance of italicism was in fact all that had been overlooked in the course of many pages.

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels |John Burgon