Italicism









Italicism


Italicism [ih-tal-uh-siz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.

Origin of Italicism 1765–75; Italic (referring to the branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Italian) + -ism Examples from the Web for italicism Historical Examples of italicism

  • One instance of italicism was in fact all that had been overlooked in the course of many pages.

    The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

    John Burgon

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