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Hibernianism
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English
Alternative forms
en Hibernicism
Etymology
From en Hibernian ism.
Noun
An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
en 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