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Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of dialecticism. alt-of, alternative

   "It was the scribe of y who replaced certain dialectisms and less usual forms by the common types, e.g. ..."

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dialecticism

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"It was the scribe of y who replaced certain dialectisms and less usual forms by the common types, e.g. ..."

Etymology

From dialect + -ism.

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