Italicism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language.
  2. 2
    The use of italics: italicization. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Italicism. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
italianismitalianism

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italic + -ism.

Etymology 2

From italic + -ism.

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