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Definition of Solecism
1. Noun. A socially awkward or tactless act.
Generic synonyms: Bloomer, Blooper, Blunder, Boner, Boo-boo, Botch, Bungle, Flub, Foul-up, Fuckup, Pratfall
Definition of Solecism
1. n. An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
Definition of Solecism
1. Noun. Erroneous or improper usage; absurdity. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) Error in the use of language. ¹
3. Noun. In written language, the intentional use of misspelling and/or incorrect grammar to effect the vernacular of a particular dialect. ¹
4. Noun. A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Solecism
1. an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solecism
Literary usage of Solecism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"solecism. § 547. The violation of any of the rules of syntax is a solecism. ...
The solecism here consists in using a plural noun for a singular. 2. ..."
2. Philosophy of Rhetoric by John Bascom (1866)
"solecism AND IMPROPRIETY. A solecism is a violation of the laws of. syntax.
These laws express the principles by which the words of a language are combined ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Above le style is deplorable, and but seldom escapes ude and solecism. The fifteenth
was, as a whole, eat century of the mysteries; they were then in t ..."
4. A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature by Alexander Jamieson (1840)
"THE solecism. The transgression of any of the syntactic rules is a solecism ;
and there are various ways in ~ which almost every rule may be transgressed. ..."
5. The Philosophy of Rhetoric by George Campbell (1854)
"THE solecism. 1 NOW enter on the consideration of the second way by which the
purity of the style is injured, the solecism. This s accounted by grammarians ..."
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