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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]
  
              C[ae]sar, 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be
              of more.                              --Johnson.
  
     2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety,
        as in deeds or manners.
  
              C[ae]sar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his
              power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.
                                                    --C.
                                                    Middleton.
  
              The idea of having committed the slightest solecism
              in politeness was agony to him.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     Syn: Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  solecism
       n : a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe,
            slip, gaucherie]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  solecism
     Αγγλικά n.
     σολοικισμός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  solecism
     Romanian n.
     (l en solecism)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  solecism
     n.
     An erroneous or improper usage.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  solecism
     Romanian n.
     (l en solecism)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  solecism
     n.
     An erroneous or improper usage.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/
  الهفوة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  solecism //ˈsoʊlɪsɪzəm// //ˈsɑləsɪzəm// //ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm// /[ˈsoʊlɨsɪzəm]/ 
  граматична грешка, солеци́зъм
  error in the use of language

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/ 
  prohřešek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/ 
  jazyková chyba

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/ 
  solecizmus

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/
  Solözismus  [veraltet] , falscher Sprachgebrauch  [ling.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  solecism //ˈsoʊlɪsɪzəm// //ˈsɑləsɪzəm// //ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm// /[ˈsoʊlɨsɪzəm]/ 
  tyylivirhe
  error in the use of language

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/ 
  1. अनौचित्य
        "He does the work which is solicism for him."
  2. बदतमीज़ी
        "Students shouldn't do any type of solecism with their teachers."

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  solecism //ˈsoʊlɪsɪzəm// //ˈsɑləsɪzəm// //ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm// /[ˈsoʊlɨsɪzəm]/ 
  文法違反
  error in the use of language

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  solecism //ˈsoʊlɪsɪzəm// //ˈsɑləsɪzəm// //ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm// /[ˈsoʊlɨsɪzəm]/ 
  solecism
  error in the use of language

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  solecism /sˈəʊlsɪzəm/
  1. dilbilgisi kurallarının dışına çıkma
  2. deyim hatası
  3. aykırı tutum veya davranış.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "solecism":
     Irish bull, anachronism, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, argument,
     argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum,
     argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, bad case,
     barbarism, begging the question, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner,
     boo-boo, boob, botch, breach, break, bull, bungle, catachresis,
     circular argument, claptrap, corruption, crowd-pleasing argument,
     empty words, error, fallacy, fault, faux pas, flub, fluff,
     folk etymology, formal fallacy, fumble, gaffe, gaucherie,
     grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, hysteron proteron,
     impropriety, incongruity, inconsistency, indecorum, indiscretion,
     infelicity, insincere argument, lapse, logical fallacy, malaprop,
     malapropism, marrowsky, material fallacy, mere rhetoric,
     misconstruction, mispronunciation, missaying, mistake, misusage,
     moonshine, non sequitur, paralogism, petitio principii,
     philosophism, pseudosyllogism, slip, sophism, sophistry,
     spoonerism, stupidity, ungrammaticism, verbal fallacy,
     vernacularism, violation, vulgarism, weak point
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.违反语法;文法错误

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 语法错误,失礼

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