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Hibernicism|haɪˈbɜːnɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism: cf. Anglicism, Scotticism, etc.]
1. An idiom or expression characteristic of or currently attributed to Irish speech; esp. an Irish bull (see bull n.4 2).
1758Monthly Rev. 342 As it stands, it reads somewhat like an Hibernicism. 1779Sylph I. 240 That is the greatest trifle (to use a Hibernicism) of all. 1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 107 Mrs. Dowling had always, to use an Hibernicism, ‘enjoyed’ very delicate health. 1879Temple Bar Mag. Jan. 5 They would, to use a Hibernicism, only have noticed it if it had left off.
2. The condition of being Irish; Irish nationality.
1807Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 81/2 The defendant has pleaded that the deceased was an Irishman..and upon the proof of Hibernicism, acquittal followed of course. |