Kenticismn.
/ˈkɛntɪsɪz(ə)m/ a. A word, idiom, or expression peculiar to the Kentish dialect. rare.
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north country1698
west country1711
Yorkshire1717
Kenticism1735
English English1783
cockney1812
Cockneyese1823
East Angliana1825
Somersetian1825
Northumbrian1845
Norfolk1863
Kentish1866
Doric1870
Kensingtonian1911
Mummerset1915
Geordie1928
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1963
mockney1967
Kensington1968
Liverpudlian1985
Jafaican2006
MLE2006
Multicultural London English2006
1735 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (E.D.S.) 10 Having gathered together an handfull of those Kenticisms..I have ventured to send it to you.
b. A word, idiom, or expression peculiar to the Old English or Middle English Kentish dialect; language characteristic of such dialect.
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Kenticism1933
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 54 307 They show traces of the Kentish dialect, which is not surprising as there is Kenticism in the inked glosses in the manuscript.
1965 H. Kökeritz in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 294 We can discern in his [sc. Wyatt's]..poems the survival of certain Kenticisms.
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