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Hibernianism

Hibernianism noun: an idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Noun

Hibernianism (plural Hibernianisms)

  1. An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
    • He has certainly a strange way of expressing himself ; but the reader may often discover amidst Hibernianisms, obscurity , and bombast , much acute remark , and judicious reflection1806, The Eclectic Review

Forms of Hibernianism

pluralHibernianisms
alternative formHibernicism

Origin of Hibernianism

From Hibernian + -ism.

Questions about Hibernianism

What does Hibernianism mean?
Hibernianism means an idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
What part of speech is Hibernianism?
Hibernianism is a noun.
What is the plural of Hibernianism?
The plural of Hibernianism is Hibernianisms.

Words near Hibernianism in the dictionary

  1. hibernators
  2. hibernatory
  3. Hibernensis
  4. Hibernia
  5. Hibernian
  6. Hibernianism
  7. Hibernianisms
  8. Hibernians
  9. Hibernic
  10. Hibernical
  11. Hibernically

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