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Word: Idiom
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from French idiome, or via late Latin from Greek idiōma ‘private property, peculiar phraseology’, from idiousthai ‘make one's own’, from idios ‘own, private’
ˈɪdɪəm
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light).
Short Definition:group of words with figurative meaning
a characteristic mode of expression in music or art
Short Definition:characteristic musical or artistic style
Examples:- they were both working in a neo-impressionist idiom
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