Teutonicism
(tjuːˈtɒnɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
Teutonic (i.e. German) character or practice; a Teutonic expression; a Teutonism.
| 1842 Sir C. Lyell in Life, etc. (1881) II. 63 The terms bakery and bookbindery seem useful Teutonicisms. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 2 Oct. 4/3 Italian composers essaying the more classical forms are impelled to out-Herod Herod in the seriousness and Teutonicism of their productions. |