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Definition of Solecists
1. solecist [n] - See also: solecist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solecists
Literary usage of Solecists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of Greek Literature from Homer to Julian by Wilmer Cave France Wright (1907)
"He lived long at Smyrna, where he upheld the banner of pure Attic against the
solecists. He aimed at using n^ word that did not come from books, ..."
2. The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1893)
"Had they, perhaps, the same opinion of their prophets as Professor Duhm has,—that
they were sterile in imagination and solecists in style 1 Professor ..."
3. The Works of Lucian of Samosata: Complete with Exceptions Specified in the by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1905)
"But what have I to do with solecists on the look in for wives ? Ly. Ah, if you
knew that, you would be the man you pretend to be. So much for that. ..."
4. The Works of Lucian of Samosata: Complete with Exceptions Specified in the by Lucian, Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1905)
"But what have I to do with solecists on the look in for wives ? Ly. Ah, if you
knew that, you would be the man you pretend to be. So much for that. ..."
5. The Plea of the Toiler: Factors of Interest Coincident with this æon of by Levi Griffin Meushaw (1904)
"The many hideous forms of financial bunco, continually sprouting and fleecing
the solecists in fortune hunting, devised by these mollahs of finance, ..."
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