Hibernianism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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