Jump to content

Celticism

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Celtic +‎ -ism.

Noun

[edit]

Celticism (plural Celticisms)

  1. A Celtic custom or idiom.
    • 1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington:
      The latter [Rollright Stones], which has every signature of Celticism, I conceive to be coeval and perhaps of a class with Stone - henge .

References

[edit]

Celticism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.