单词 | anglicism |
释义 | Anglicismn. 1. a. A characteristically English word, phrase, or idiom, esp. one introduced into a sentence in another language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > idiom of Anglicism1642 Saxonism1774 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Trav. iii. 29 He must be cautelous not to force any Anglicismes upon the French Tongue, that is certaine vulgar Phrases, Proverbs, and Complements, which are peculiar to the English, and not vendible or used in French. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 318 Dr. B. has abundance of pure Anglicisms in his Latin. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 Apr. (1986) II. 8 His Discourse was stuff'd with Anglicisms. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 9 442 The speech of the Moravians, especially, is rigidly conservative and much freer from Anglicisms. 1950 Hispania 33 285 The types of Anglicisms, which include, among others, transliterations, translations, paronyms and straight borrowings. 2003 New Yorker 14 Apr. 46/1 He said, ‘Hello, hello’—an Anglicism that Iraqis employ as an all-purpose salutation. b. As a mass noun: the use of Anglicisms or anglicized language. ΚΠ 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 181 An odde kind of Anglicisme..as to say Your Boores of Holland, Sir; Your Iesuites of Spaine, Sir. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Ep. Ded. sig. A3v False Grammar, and nonsence couch'd beneath that specious Name of Anglicisme. 1755 W. Huggins in W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. Pref. 8 Low familiar anglicism, quite inconsistent with the dignity of the divine original. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vii. 535 The Anglicism of terminating the sentence with a preposition. 1989 P. Rickard Hist. French Lang. (ed. 2) 132 Sport and entertainment are particularly conspicuous domains of Anglicism. 2. The quality of being English, English character; an English characteristic or fashion. Also: imitation of or support for what is English (or British). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > England Anglicism1647 Anglophilism1880 Anglophilia1896 shoneenism1918 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > character of Anglicism1647 John Bullism1791 Englishism1802 Bullism1821 English-hood1842 Englishry1894 1647 J. Hare St. Edwards Ghost 23 Wee shall joy to make Anglicisme become the only soule and habit of all both Ireland and great Britaine. 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 158 If his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism. 1810 T. Jefferson Writings XII. 373 The Anglicism of 1808..is a longing for a King, and an English King rather than any other. 1827 C. Lamb in W. Hone Table Bk. I. 302/1 Christianism; and true hearty Anglicism of feelings, shaping that Christianism; shine throughout his beautiful writings. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 90 The short jacket of the postilion, and other anglicisms of the equipage. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows iii. 62 She [sc. England] has a conviction that whatever good there is in us is wholly English, when the truth is that we are worth nothing except so far as we have disinfected ourselves of Anglicism. 1903 Times 20 Mar. 8/5 Suddenly, and without warning, in the midst of all this Teutonism, our inevitable Anglicism..will come breaking in. 1966 Anthropol. Q. 39 114 Only those who are willing to attempt escape by migration or cultural transfer to Anglo society will continue to flaunt conspicuous anglicisms. 1999 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 58 1162 Exploring orientalism, anglicism, and secularism, he provides the context for nineteenth-century Christian campaigns in India. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > English political principles or methods Englishism1853 Anglicism1873 1873 W. E. Gladstone in Daily News 20 Aug. 2/2 The most unfortunate policy which sent Englishmen into the country for every purpose of civil as well as of religious life..to propagate what I may call Anglicism in the teeth of the feelings of the country. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 185 Those elements of political Anglicism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1642 |
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