English

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Etymology

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From Norman +‎ -ism.

Noun

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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

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