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

It is in the name of that race heresy, in the name of Germanism and Pan-Germanism, of Slavism and Pan-Slavism, of Saxonism and Pan-Saxonism, the war is being waged.

From Project Gutenberg

One part of England is more evidently Saxon than another; at least, it bears certain outward and visible signs of Saxonism which are wanting elsewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

You represented to us the immaculate Briton, the one Englishman who typified the Saxonism, if I may coin a word, of our race.

From Project Gutenberg

Street cars at this time were comparatively new in Philadelphia, and I think we reached the last extremity of Saxonism in speech when we spoke of them as "folk wains."

From Project Gutenberg

Such was its original design, but the tendencies of Saxonism, Turn'd it more to eating and drinking, than devotional remembrance.

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