idiomaticityn.
/ˌɪdɪəʊməˈtɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɪdioʊməˈtɪsᵻdi/ The quality or state of being idiomatic.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > distinctive character of a language
propriety1550
idiom1573
idiotism1605
idiomacy1813
idiomaticism1825
feeling1875
idiomaticity1887
1887 W. C. Wilkinson Classic German Course ii. 35 The indescribably telling prose in which Luther writes, with its homeliness, its idiomaticity, its nervousness, its directness, its pith, its point, its bite, suffers cruelly in any possible English translation.
1964 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 30 409/1 For greater order in lexicology, I think, there exist at least the rudiments of a theory based on such concepts as ambiguity, contextual disambiguation, idiomaticity, depletion, and the like.
1998 Word 49 14 Item (64) has acquired the status of idiomaticity and it is questionable whether there is in fact a congruent version to sit in the back except where one is speaking literally with respect to a vehicle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1887- to lay up
- to lay up in lavender
- to lay up one's heels
- to lay up one's talent in a napkin
- to lay upon the lee
- to make stick
- to make stop of
- to make store of
- to make strange
- to make strange at
- to mellow out of
- to melt away
- to melt down
- to melt in
- to melt in tears
- to melt in the mouth
- to melt into tears
- to melt one's grease
- to melt to tears
- to melt up
- to mend
- to mend a pen
- to mend a person's cheer
- to mend matters
- to mend one's draught