'Solecism' definitions:

Definition of 'solecism'

From: WordNet
noun
A socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]

Definition of 'Solecism'

From: GCIDE
  • Solecism \Sol"e*cism\, n.[F. sol['e]cisme, L. soloecismus, Gr. soloikismo`s, fr. soloiki`zein to speak or write incorrectly, fr. so`loikos speaking incorrectly, from the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists of So`loi in Cilicia.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners. [1913 Webster]
  • Caesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics. --C. Middleton. [1913 Webster]
  • The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'solecism'

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