"Brittonicism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Brittonicisms [plural]
Etymology: Brittonic + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Brittonic|ism}} Brittonic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brittonicism (plural Brittonicisms)
  1. (linguistics) A Brittonic feature of a language. Categories (topical): Linguistics

Inflected forms

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