Hibernianism

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Etymology[edit]

Hibernian +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Hibernianism (plural Hibernianisms)

  1. An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
    • 1806, The Eclectic Review:
      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 reflection