solecistic

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Would not Purist Mac have been more pure, less "solecistic," even at the risk of being somewhat didactic, or even pedantic, had he said, ''Such errors in grammar are inexcusable .

From Time Magazine Archive

Adj. ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper, incongruous; solecistic, solecistical†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

The k before e, or any letter except a, is solecistic, just as in no.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen