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Pronunciation : Lat"in*ism
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. latinisme.]
Definition : Defn: A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

Note: The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913