Definitions for Briticism

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Briticism Brit·i·cism

Spelling: [brit-uh-siz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈbrɪt əˌsɪz əm/

Briticism is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in Briticism (bciiimrst).

Definitions for Briticism

noun

1. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English, especially as compared with American English, as lift compared with elevator or in hospital with in the hospital.

Origin of Briticism

1865-70, Americanism; British + -ism, with -ic for -ish on the model of Gallicism, etc.

Examples for Briticism

In the one case the Briticism is the shorter, and in the other the Americanism.

Sometimes the difference between the Americanism and Briticism is very slight.

This phrase, of course, is a Briticism, and seldom used in America.

To use a Briticism, it was “cruel”; the corresponding Americanism was more appropriate—it was “fierce.”