English-Thai Dictionary
solecism
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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 .