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Definition of Solecizing
1. solecize [v] - See also: solecize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solecizing
Literary usage of Solecizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of John William Colenso, Bishop of Natal by George William Cox (1888)
""not only rough and unpolished, but imperfect,—also confused, and sometimes even
plainly solecizing and absurd ! for we cannot possibly deny what the fact ..."
2. Modern English by Fitzedward Hall (1873)
"... from incapacity to grasp and to apply principles, would, either of their own
motion, or in imitation of others, go on solecizing pretty much as before. ..."
3. Some Questions of Good English, Examined in Controversies with Dr by Ralph Olmsted Williams, Fitzedward Hall (1897)
"... Mr. — has given copious and decisive proof of a capability of solecizing little
short of incalculable. From a person who, in our day, can write, ..."
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