Normanism

English

Etymology

Norman +‎ -ism

Noun

Normanism (plural Normanisms)

1. A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.
   • 1873, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature:

     But now we have Germanism enough to make us Philistines, and Normanism enough to make us imperious

References

• “Normanism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.