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Batavism

Batavism noun: a word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).

Noun

Batavism (countable and uncountable, plural Batavisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
    • Oldenburg, Meyer, and De Vries naturally wrote, as scholars, in Latin (De Vries not without a touch of Batavism), and Spinoza replied to them in the same language, writing carefully, and even indulging in purisms.(F. Pollock, Spinoza, his life and philosophy. London. Kegan Paul (1880), chapter...
    • to polder (English verb)

Forms of Batavism

pluralBatavisms

Origin of Batavism

Borrowed from French batavisme.https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/dictionnaire/definition/batavisme

Questions about Batavism

What does Batavism mean?
Batavism means a word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
What part of speech is Batavism?
Batavism is a noun.
What is the plural of Batavism?
The plural of Batavism is Batavisms.

Words near Batavism in the dictionary

  1. Batavian
  2. Batavian Republic
  3. Batavianization
  4. Batavians
  5. batavias
  6. Batavism
  7. Batavisms
  8. Batavo-
  9. Batavophone
  10. Batavophones
  11. Batayan

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