dashism

noun

dashism

noun

Etymology From dash + -ism.

1

Colloquial, Dated, Rare The act of showing off or pomp.

  • He must fight a duel before his claim to […] dashism can be universally allowed.1788, Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings:

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