Word Meanings - ENGLISHISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold. 2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

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• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• CHARACTERISTIC
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• QUALITY
  1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• PECULIARLY
  In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
• PECULIAR
  1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
• EXPRESSIONAL
  Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
• EXPRESSIONLESS
  Destitute of expression.
• LANGUAGE
  tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. 1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the
• CHARACTERISTICALLY
  In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
• EXPRESSION
  The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by
• ENGLISHRY
  1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. Cowell. 2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. A general massacre of the Englishry. Macaulay.
• SPOKEN
  1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. Methinks you 're better spoken. Shak.
• CHARACTERISTICAL
  Characteristic.
• ENGLISHABLE
  Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
• ENGLISHMAN
  A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
• LANGUAGELESS
  Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.
• LANGUAGED
  Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition. " Manylanguaged nations." Pope.
• PECULIARITY
  1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. Macaulay. 3. Exclusive
• OVERLANGUAGED
  Employing too many words; diffuse. Lowell.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• FREE-SPOKEN
  Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon. -- Free"-spo`ken-ness, n.
• FAIR-SPOKEN
  Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.
• PRETTY-SPOKEN
  Spoken or speaking prettily.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• PLAIN-SPOKEN
  Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.
• SEA LANGUAGE
  The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.
• INDO-DO-CHINESE LANGUAGES
  A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although some are agglutinative, spoken in the great area extending from northern India in the west to Formosa in the east and from Central Asia in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the south.
• COEQUALITY
  The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.