What does idiasm mean?
Idiasm means A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author..
At present he is but lame — we know who has lamed him — but sooner or later those rivets will be undone; that transfixing bolt will be withdrawn; the idiom, idiotisms and, above all, the idiasms of Shakespeare will be thoroughly understood, and so much that now goes by the board in all modern editions will be restored with intelligent reverence.
Use idiasm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Idiasm means A peculiarity of writing that is specific to an author..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At present he is but lame — we know who has lamed him — but sooner or later those rivets will be undone; that transfixing bolt will be withdrawn; the idiom, idiotisms and, above all, the idiasms of Shakespeare will be thoroughly understood, and so much that now goes by the board in all modern editions will be restored with intelligent reverence.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.