Word Meanings - SYRIACISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.

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• IDIOMORPHOUS
  Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock. (more info) 1. Having a form of its own.
• IDIOM
  1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language. Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general
• IDIOMORPHIC
  Idiomorphous.
• SYRIANISM
  A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley.
• IDIOMUSCULAR
  Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.
• IDIOMATIC; IDIOMATICAL
  Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. -- Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
• SYRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. -- n.
• BROMIDIOM
  A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides.
• HYPIDIOMORPHIC
  Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.
• PANIDIOMORPHIC
  Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.
• ANIDIOMATIC; ANIDIOMATICAL; UNIDIOMATIC; UNIDIOMATICAL
  Not idiomatic. Landor.
• BASIDIOMYCETES
  A large subdivision of fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.
• ASSYRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.