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Latinism|ˈlætɪnɪz(ə)m|
[f. Latin + -ism. Cf. F. latinisme.]
An idiom or form of expression characteristic of the Latin language, esp. one used by a writer in another language; conformity in style to Latin models; the influence or authority of the Latin Church (see Latin a. 3). Also, rarely, the modes of thought characteristic of the ancient Romans.
1570Levins Manip. 146 Latinisme, latinismus. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. 98 That the Latinismes bee obserued..and to expresse them by as elegant and fit phrases as wee can in our tongue. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 310 Preferring the gay ranknesse of..any moderne fustianist before the native Latinisms of Cicero. 1712Addison Spect. No. 285 ⁋9 Milton..has infused a great many Latinisms, as well as Græcisms..into the language of his poem. 1837Thackeray Carlyle's Fr. Rev., It abounds with Germanisms and Latinisms. 1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 394 He is so imbued with Latinism that the whole beautiful Hellenic manifestation seems..an impertinence to his eyes. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. vii. (1864) IX. 238 His Latinisms, and words of Latin descent, might seem drawn directly from the Vulgate. 1875Stedman Victorian Poets (1887) 161 Milton's Latinism is so pronounced as to be un-English. 1920Contemp. Rev. Oct. 495 The Spanish Court ladies were sheltered..under the vaulted roof of Latinism. 1970H. Braun Parish Churches iii. 32 In Rome itself, Ravenna, and other towns of Latinism the basilican halls continued to be built out of the ruins of paganism. |
