Foreignism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foreignism \For"eign*ism\, n.
     Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign
     idiom or custom.
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           It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called


           liberal professions distigured by foreignisms.
                                                    --Fitzed.
                                                    Hall.
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