Hibernianism

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noun

An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

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Meanings

nounHibernianism (plural Hibernianisms)

plural Hibernianisms · alternative Hibernicism

  1. An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

    He has certainly a strange way of expressing himself ; but the reader may often discover amidst Hibernianisms, obscurity , and bombast , much acute remark , and judicious reflection

    1806, The Eclectic Review

Origin

From Hibernian + -ism.

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APA

Hibernianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hibernianism

MLA

“Hibernianism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hibernianism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hibernianism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hibernianism.

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