Hibernianism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

    "He has certainly a strange way of expressing himself ; but the reader may often discover amidst Hibernianisms, obscurity , and bombast , much acute remark , and judicious reflection"

Example

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"He has certainly a strange way of expressing himself ; but the reader may often discover amidst Hibernianisms, obscurity , and bombast , much acute remark , and judicious reflection"

Etymology

From Hibernian + -ism.

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