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Id"iom
(d"m), n.[F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr. 'idi°wma, fr. 'idioy^n to make a person's own, to make proper or peculiar; fr. 'i°dios one's own, proper, peculiar; prob. akin to the reflexive pronoun o"y^, o'i^, 'e°, and to "eo°s, 'o°s, one's own, L. suus, and to E. so.]
1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues.
G. P. Marsh.
By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language.
J. H. Newman.
He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with the idiom of ours.
Dryden.
2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to


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