Saxonism

[ sak-suh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Saxonism¹

First recorded in 1765–75; Saxon + -ism

Example Sentences

He looked half convinced, and a little sheepish, to use an expressive Saxonism.

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Anglo-Saxonism is a very good thing; simplicity and common sense are very good things too.

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With due allowance for her Anglo-Saxonism and honesty, she was the type of woman to whom “things happen.”

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He pretends that there is no difference between Anglo-Saxonism and Germanism.

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A is an Anglo-Saxonism for in or on; as a'board, a'going, &c.

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