English
Whistlerism
From Whistler + -ism.
Formed from Whistler + -ism
Old English hwistle ‘hollow reed’
Old English hwistlere ‘a player on a flute’
Middle English whisteler
English Whistler
Today it means
noun The artistic style of the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Whistlerism