unidiomaticadj.
/ʌnˌɪdɪəˈmatɪk/, /ˌʌnɪdɪəˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˌɪdiəˈmædɪk/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective]
foula1400
unproperc1443
bada1522
tarry1579
vicious1589
brokena1616
tortious1644
solecistical1654
unlawful1729
solecistic1806
unidiomatica1822
anidiomatical1826
murdered1876
a1822 P. B. Shelley Prose Wks. (1888) I. 395 The clear, and exact, but unidiomatic phrases of their native language.
1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 153 The interpretation of Bellarmin is inconsistent and unidiomatic.
1891 S. R. Driver Introd. Lit. Old Test. 445 An author who..translated the Aramaic idiom..into unidiomatic Hebrew.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.a1822- reflection coefficient
- reflection factor
- reflection nebula
- reflection oscillator
- reflection profiling
- reflection shooting
- reflection spectroscopy
- reflection time
- reflection-coiner
- reflection-reducing
- reflectional
- reflectioncoiner
- reflectioning
- reflectionist
- reflectionless
- reflectionreducing
- reflections
- reflectious
- reflective
- re-entitle
- re-entoil
- re-entomb
- re-entrance
- re-entrancy
- re-entrant