Meanings
nounAramaeism (countable and uncountable, plural Aramaeisms)
plural Aramaeisms · alternative Aramæism · alternative Arameism
- countablehypercorrectmisconstructionrareuncountableMisconstruction of Aramaism
The diction is tolerably free from Aramaeism because the prophet was so familiar with the earlier writers, especially Isaiah, as to have imbibed much of their spirit and reproduced it.
1863, Samuel Davidson, An Introduction to the Old Testament, Critical, Historical and Theological, Containing a Discussion of the Most Important Questions Belonging to the Several Books, volume 3, Covent Garden and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, page 23
Origin
Formed in English from Aramaean + -ism by swapping -an with -ism.
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