ˈchȯsəˌrizəm noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Chaucer + English -ism
: a word, expression, or quality of style characteristic of or imitative of the writings of Chaucer
Spenser's chaucerisms
ˈchȯsəˌrizəm noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Chaucer + English -ism
: a word, expression, or quality of style characteristic of or imitative of the writings of Chaucer
Spenser's chaucerisms
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012