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vernacularism

noun ver·nac·u·lar·ism \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lə-ˌri-zəm\

Definition of VERNACULARISM

:  a vernacular word or idiom
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First Known Use of VERNACULARISM

circa 1841

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