idiasm

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noun

A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounidiasm (plural idiasms)

plural idiasms

  1. A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author.
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    At present he is but lame — we know who has lamed him — but sooner or later those rivets will be undone; that transfixing bolt will be withdrawn; the idiom, idiotisms and, above all, the idiasms of Shakespeare will be thoroughly understood, and so much that now goes by the board in all modern editions will be restored with intelligent reverence.

    1877, Clement Mansfield Ingleby, Shakespeare: The Man and the Book

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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