SOLECISM
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Sol"e*cism (?), n.[F. solécisme, 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.
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A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more.
Johnson.
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2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
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Cæsar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.
C. Middleton.
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The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him.
Sir W. Scott.
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Syn. -- Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.
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