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Chaucerism|ˈtʃɔːsərɪz(ə)m| [f. as prec. + -ism.] An expression used by, or imitated from, Chaucer.
1593Nashe Strange News Wks. 1883–4 II. 175 Newes, which if your worship (according to your wonted Chaucerisme) shall accept in good part. 1662Fuller Worthies (1811) II. 80 (D.) The many Chaucerisms used (for I will not say affected by him [Spenser]) are thought by the ignorant to be blemishes. 1851Trench Study of Words v. 154 The employment of such ‘Chaucerisms’. |