idiom (noun)
101short measure — noun see short meter 1 * * * short measure Less than the due and professed amount • • • Main Entry: ↑measure short measure noun Less than the amount promised or paid for • • • Main Entry: ↑short * * * full/short ˈmeasure …
102argot — noun Etymology: French Date: 1842 an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group < shoved into a taxi by a porter whose argot I couldn t understand Allen Tate > …
103classicism — noun Date: 1830 1. a. the principles or style embodied in the literature, art, or architecture of ancient Greece and Rome b. classical scholarship c. a classical idiom or expression 2. adherence to …
104foreignism — noun Date: 1855 something peculiar to a foreign language or people; specifically a foreign idiom or custom …
105gallicism — noun Usage: often capitalized Date: circa 1656 1. a characteristic French idiom or expression appearing in another language 2. a French trait …
106Grecism — noun Date: 1570 1. a Greek idiom 2. a quality or style imitative of Greek art or culture …
107localism — noun Date: 1823 1. a. a local idiom b. a local peculiarity of speaking or acting 2. affection or partiality for a particular place ; sectionalism …
108parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …
109provincialism — noun Date: 1770 1. a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom 2. the quality or state of being provincial …
110vernacularism — noun Date: circa 1841 a vernacular word or idiom …
