Briticism orig. U.S.
(ˈbrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m)
Also Britticism.
[f. British (or a possible Britic) after Gallicism, Scotticism, etc.]
A phrase or idiom characteristic of Great Britain, but not used in the English of the United States or other countries.
| 1868 R. G. White in Galaxy Mar. 335 This use of the word is a widespread Briticism. 1883 Boston (U.S.) Jrnl. 17 Sept., A well arranged handbook of Briticisms, Americanisms, Colloquial Phrases, etc. 1885 Sat. Rev. 28 Nov. 709 The American critic is within his right when he retorts at once that the use of ‘directly’ in place of ‘as soon as’ is a Britticism. |