Definition of idiom

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Idiom (n.) An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author..

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Exoticism :: Exoticism (n.) The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic..
Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
Syringa :: Syriasm (n.) A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
Panidiomorphic :: Panidiomorphic (a.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.
Hispanicism :: Hispanicism (n.) A Spanish idiom or mode of speech.
Ruralism :: Ruralism (n.) A rural idiom or expression.
Idiotism :: Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language..
Yankeeism :: Yankeeism (n.) A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like..
Under :: Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail..
Africanism :: Africanism (n.) A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans..
Chaldaism :: Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Idiomorphous :: Idiomorphous (a.) Having a form of its own.
Foreignism :: Foreignism (n.) Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.
Basidium :: Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example..
Hebraize :: Hebraize (v. i.) To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs..
Vernacularism :: Vernacularism (n.) A vernacular idiom.
Grecism :: Grecism (n.) An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.
Idiom :: Idiom (n.) The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Dorism :: Dorism (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom.
Anglicize :: Anglicize (v. t.) To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies..
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