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Batavisms

Batavisms is the plural of Batavism.

Meaning of Batavism

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...

Questions about Batavisms

What is Batavisms the plural of?
Batavisms is the plural of Batavism.

Words near Batavisms in the dictionary

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

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