Spenserism

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noun

A word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet.

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Meanings

nounSpenserism (plural Spenserisms)

plural Spenserisms

  1. A word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet.

    The infelicity of this shift of subject only becomes apparent, again retrospectively, in line eight, directly after the reader's encounter with yet another inscrutable Spenserism […]

    2007, Andrew Zurcher, Spenser's legal language: law and poetry in early modern England, page 4

Origin

From Spenser + -ism.

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APA

Spenserism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spenserism

MLA

“Spenserism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spenserism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spenserism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spenserism.

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