Batavism

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French batavisme.

Noun

Batavism (countable and uncountable, plural Batavisms)

  1. A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
    • Oldenburg, Meyer, and De Vries naturally wrote, as scholars, in Latin (De Vries not without a touch of Batavism), and Spinoza replied to them in the same language, writing carefully, and even indulging in purisms.(F. Pollock, Spinoza, his life and philosophy. London. Kegan Paul (1880), chapter Spinoza's correspondence, p. 45)
    • to polder (English verb)
    • Go your gang, a literal translation of Dutch ga uw gang which means "please go ahead".
    • Pay the meat is a Scotticism, and a Batavism as well. Pay for the meat is the English equivalent. ("Scotticisms and Batavisms". in: Taalstudie, vols. 3-4 (1882), p. 343)

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