Celticism

[ kel-tuh-siz-uhm, sel- ]

noun

1. a Celtic custom or usage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Celticism¹

First recorded in 1850–55; Celtic + -ism

Example Sentences

“Great landlords and sporting gentrice who lived in London or the Riviera most of the year … joined glad hands with a half-baked Celticism which objected to selling any water power to the southern countries of Scotland,” he later recalled.

From The Guardian

He employs what has jocosely been called the "Woad" argument; he goes back not to the early Britons, but to Celticism.

From Project Gutenberg

And some of those who cling to their vernacular as a proof of their Celticism may be making a great mistake; speech is never a proof of race, and survivals of other blood than Celtic adopted dialects of the Celtic speech.

From Project Gutenberg

The possession of such a rare piece of furniture bound them the closer to the Celticism of Normandy.

From Project Gutenberg

If they did not know what conclusion to arrive at as to earthenware and as to Celticism, it was because they were ignorant of history, especially the history of France.

From Project Gutenberg