Idiom

Related Terms:

idiomatic grecism mixed metaphor vernacularism ruralism atticize cockneyism chaldaism atticism literally syrianism variety metaphor loaded language idioms saxonism czechism doricism persism dorism figure of speech victorianism hibernianism manner bohemism idiomaticity aprosdoketon italicism expression idiot idiosyncratic curiously recurring template pattern idiomatology listeme semitism normanism loaded word aramaism celticism term snowclone hypocatastasis serbism germanism latinistic closet gasconism syriacism anglicized style phrasal typology arabism idiotism scotticism idiolect hispanism hebraistic language collocation set phrase fossil word hebraize teutonicism idiasm unixism instance unpythonic phrase tush

Definitions:

Noun

parlance idiom

Definition: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

dialect idiom accent

Definition: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

artistic style idiom

Definition: the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

idiom idiomatic expression phrasal idiom set phrase phrase

Definition: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

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