idiomaticismn.
/ˌɪdɪəˈmatᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɪdiəˈmædəˌsɪz(ə)m/ 1. Idiomatic quality or style.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > distinctive character of a language
propriety1550
idiom1573
idiotism1605
idiomacy1813
idiomaticism1825
feeling1875
idiomaticity1887
1825 Monthly Mag. Dec. 421/1 There can be little doubt that the word idiotism passed into our language from the French; and it is undisputed, that in the French language the word is occasionally used to signify idiomaticism.
1849 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. xi. 233 Indeed the very rudeness of the style, with its rough idiomaticism,..brings us involuntarily back to the age of infancy.
1977 L. G. Cowan tr. C. Mendes Beyond Populism v. 88 The subjective influence..was reflected in the canons of mediation: Idiomaticism, asynchrony and operationalism.
2003 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 1 May 101 Sometimes German musicality trumps American idiomaticism.
2. An idiomatic expression. rare.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > distinctive character of a language > an idiom
idioma1631
idiotisma1631
idiomatism1772
idiomaticism1862
1862 Parthenon 26 July 397 ‘Occasional idiomaticisms’, in such passages as it has been thought necessary to render literally will, we hope, be readily excused.
1993 M. Janse & S. Tol Ling. Bibliography for Year 1991 157 Idiomaticisms in the grammatical system of a language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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