solecism
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Solecism, the word they meant, is a social or grammatical mistake or faux pas.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2012
When the brains are out, why does not a Solecism die?
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas
Solecism, the name given to a violation of the syntax or idiom of a language, as well as to an incarnate absurdity of any kind, whether in mind or morals.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
Alas, in spite of old use and wont,—little other than a tolerated Solecism, growing daily more intolerable!
From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Carlyle, Thomas
Solecism, sol′ē-sizm, n. a breach of syntax: any absurdity or impropriety: any incongruity, prodigy.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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