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solecism

N การกระทำ หรือ คำพูด ที่ ผิดพลาด  ความ บกพร่อง  kan-kra-tam-kam-phud-ti-pid-plad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOLECISM

n. 1. Impropriety in language, or a gross deviation from the rules of syntax; incongruity of words; want of correspondence or consistency. A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more.
2. Any unfitness, absurdity or impropriety. Cesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOLECISM

SOLECISM Sol "e *cism, n.Etym: [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. 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. Cæsar, 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

solecism

sol e cism |ˈsäləˌsizəm, ˈsō -ˈsɑləˌsɪzəm | noun a grammatical mistake in speech or writing. a breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior. DERIVATIVES sol e cis tic |ˌsäləˈsistik, ˌsō - |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French solécisme, or via Latin from Greek soloikismos, from soloikos speaking incorrectly.

 

Oxford Dictionary

solecism

solecism |ˈsɒlɪsɪz (ə )m | noun a grammatical mistake in speech or writing. a breach of good manners; an instance of incorrect behaviour. DERIVATIVES solecistic |-ˈsɪstɪk |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French solécisme, or via Latin from Greek soloikismos, from soloikos speaking incorrectly .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

solecism

solecism noun 1 a poem marred by solecisms: (grammatical ) mistake, error, blunder; informal howler, blooper. 2 it would have been a solecism to answer: faux pas, gaffe, impropriety, social indiscretion, infelicity, slip, error, blunder, lapse; informal slip-up, boo-boo, goof, blooper, flub.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

solecism

solecism noun 1 the poems are marred by solecisms: (grammatical ) mistake, error, blunder; informal howler, boob; Latin lapsus linguae, lapsus calami; archaic cacology. 2 it would have been a solecism to answer the question: faux pas, gaffe, breach of etiquette, impropriety, piece of indecorum, social indiscretion, inappropriate behaviour, infelicity, slip, error, blunder, miscalculation, lapse; French gaucherie; informal slip-up, boo-boo; Brit. informal boob, clanger, bloomer; Brit. informal, dated floater; N. Amer. informal goof, blooper, bloop.

 

French Dictionary

solécisme

solécisme n. m. nom masculin Erreur dans la construction syntaxique d ’une phrase. : Exemple de solécisme: c ’est nous qui *sont... (au lieu de sommes ). Note Technique L ’impropriété, le barbarisme sont des erreurs de vocabulaire.

 

Spanish Dictionary

solecismo

solecismo nombre masculino ling Error gramatical que consiste en alterar el orden sintáctico correcto de los elementos de una frase :la frase ‘me se ha caído ’ es un solecismo .SINÓNIMO cacología .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

solecism

sol e cism /sɑ́lɪsɪ̀z (ə )m |sɔ́l -/1 文法 文法 [語法 ]違反 .2 無作法 .3 誤り, 不適切 .