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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Romanize :: Romanize (v. t.) To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.
Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style..
Panidiomorphic :: Panidiomorphic (a.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.
Anglicize :: Anglicize (v. t.) To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies..
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..
Jargon :: "Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang..
Teutonicism :: Teutonicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism..
Saxonism :: Saxonism (n.) An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
Chaldaism :: Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Idiomatic :: Idiomatic (a.) Alt. of Idiomatica.
Idiotism :: Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language..
Vicious :: Vicious (a.) Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms..
Frenchism :: Frenchism (n.) A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language.
Arabism :: Arabism (n.) An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.
Localism :: Localism (n.) A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.
Persism :: Persism (n.) A Persian idiom.
Aramaism :: Aramaism (n.) An idiom of the Aramaic.
Hebraistic :: Hebraistic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom..
Hebraize :: Hebraize (v. t.) To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.
Exoticism :: Exoticism (n.) The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic..
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