rare. [f. Gr. Συρίζειν to speak like a Syrian, f. Σύρος Syrinn: see -ISM.] = SYRIASM.

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1907.  J. Moffatt, in Expositor, Jan., 91. The former … points to an expression like ὁμολογειν ἐν τινι (Matt. x. 32, Luke xii. 8) as a ‘Syrism.’

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