Synonyms for colloquialism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈloʊ kwi əˌlɪz əm |
Définition of colloquialism
Origin :- 1810, "a colloquial word or phrase," from colloquial + -ism.
- noun idiom
- Professor Mathews seems to have a special dislike for this colloquialism.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- There, Mr. Editor, you have a pleasing comminglement of romance and colloquialism.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- Also, red-coats of old; whence lobster-box, a colloquialism for barracks.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Also a colloquialism for marque, as a letter of mart or marque.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- "Not worth a stiver" is a colloquialism to express a person's poverty.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Thus far, however, the term has been merely a colloquialism, found only in the newspapers.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam » by Albert Mathews
- Rosalie, in a colloquialism of to-day not then coined, "had no use for them."
- Extract from : « This Freedom » by A. S. M. Hutchinson
- It's a colloquialism, comes from baseball, that's a sport we play.
- Extract from : « You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did » by David E. Fisher
- It has passed out of the stage of mere slang to become a "colloquialism."
- Extract from : « Stories That Words Tell Us » by Elizabeth O'Neill
- No cockneyism or colloquialism mars the sweetness of her speech.
- Extract from : « Reviews » by Oscar Wilde
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