cavalierism en · NOUN
Etymology
From cavalier + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
wine and cavalierism predominated in his upper story
1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cavalierisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |