Britishism

[ brit-i-shiz-uhm ]

noun

1. Briticism.
2. any custom, manner, characteristic, or quality peculiar to or associated with the British people.
3. the aggregate of such qualities regarded as characteristic of a British person:

   His cool reserve is just part of his Britishism.

Britishism

/ ˈbrɪtɪˌʃɪzəm /

noun

1. See Briticism
   a variant of Briticism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Britishism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; British + -ism