foreignism

noun

Etymology

From foreign + -ism.

  1. derived from forās
  2. derived from *forānus
  3. derived from forain
  4. inherited from foreyn
  5. suffixed as foreignism — “foreign + ism

Definitions

  1. A tendency to favor what is foreign.

  2. A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foreignism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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