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Spenserism

Spenserism noun: a word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet.

Noun

Spenserism (plural Spenserisms)

  1. A word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet.
    • The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]2007, Andrew Zurcher, Spenser's legal language: law and poetry in early modern England, page 4

Forms of Spenserism

pluralSpenserisms

Origin of Spenserism

From Spenser + -ism.

Questions about Spenserism

What does Spenserism mean?
Spenserism means a word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet.
What part of speech is Spenserism?
Spenserism is a noun.
What is the plural of Spenserism?
The plural of Spenserism is Spenserisms.

Words near Spenserism in the dictionary

  1. Spenserian stanza
  2. Spenserian stanzas
  3. Spenseriana
  4. Spenserianism
  5. Spenserians
  6. Spenserism
  7. Spenserisms
  8. spenses
  9. spensive
  10. Spensonian
  11. spent

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