Thesaurus: solecism

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
3. n. a socially awkward or tactless act
4. 1. An word/impropriety">impropriety or word/incongruity">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.
5. n:100 n a socially awkward or tactless act