goropism (English, noun)
expansion: goropism (usually uncountable, plural goropisms)
expansion: (linguistics)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius which is now discredited, that some attested or modern language such as Dutch, Hebrew, or Turkish was the original language of human beings.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: goropisms
tags: plural