Meanings
plural Batavisms
- countablerhetoricuncountableA word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
to polder (English verb)
3 more examples
Oldenburg, Meyer, and De Vries naturally wrote, as scholars, in Latin (De Vries not without a touch of Batavism), and Spinoza replied to them in the same language, writing carefully, and even indulging in purisms.(F. Pollock, Spinoza, his life and philosophy. London. Kegan Paul (1880), chapter Spinoza's correspondence, p. 45)
Go your gang, a literal translation of Dutch ga uw gang which means "please go ahead".
Pay the meat is a Scotticism, and a Batavism as well. Pay for the meat is the English equivalent. ("Scotticisms and Batavisms". in: Taalstudie, vols. 3-4 (1882), p. 343)
Origin
- Frenchbatavisme
- EnglishBatavism
Borrowed from French batavisme.https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/dictionnaire/definition/batavisme
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Dutch batavisme
- batavismea word or idiom of the Dutch language
Cite this entry
Batavism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Batavism
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