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Latinism

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Lat·in·ism  (ltn-zm)
n.
An idiom, a structure, or a word derived from or suggestive of Latin.

Latinism [ˈlætɪˌnɪzəm]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a word, idiom, or phrase borrowed from Latin

Latinism
1. a mode of expression imitative of Latin.
2. a Latin word, phrase, or expression that of ten appears in another lan-guage. — Latinize, v.
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Noun1.Latinism - a word or phrase borrowed from Latin
loanword, loan - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
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latinism [ˈlætɪnɪzəm] Nlatinismo m
latinism
nLatinismus m


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That Latinism would have evoked, in readers of Blackwood's Magazine, from which it comes, images of convivial evenings of shared literary, perhaps bibulous, pleasures--high cultural moments in a Scottish idiom.
Anyway, the Latinism of the title should alert us to the frankly awe-inspiring possibility that this is their final, cataclysmic encounter.
In Italy, it became known as Parole incrociate, a term which was taken over by the less correct Parole crociate and by the Latinism Cruciverba.
 
 
 
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