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“If there was any doubts as to my being french, that gallicism has now blown them to kingdom come.”
“At the outset we must note that “motif” is a gallicism, thereby set apart from the broader implications of its English cognate “motive.””
“Don Nicolás Estévanez, who imagined himself an anarchist, would fly into a rage if he read an article which concealed a gallicism in it.”
“This, translated into French, became that horrible gallicism: _la bêtise Biche_.”
“III. i.185 (151,7) [I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom] _To fly his doom_, used for _by flying_, or _in flying_, is a gallicism.”
“This expression is no longer used in French, but the English gallicism to flirt has made its way and has now become an anglicism.”
“If the price to pay is the occasional gallicism, I’d say that’s more than fair.”
“I still shudder each time I hear someone say ‘duvet,’ a repulsive gallicism, rather than ‘eiderdown,’ which to me and I’m sure you’ll agree with me on this seems to be a very lovely, rather noble word.”
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