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solecism
(encz) | solecism,jazyková chyba n: Zdeněk Brož |
solecism
(encz) | solecism,prohřešek n: Zdeněk Brož |
solecism
(encz) | solecism,solecizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Solecism
(gcide) | Solecism \Sol"e*cism\, n.[F. sol['e]cisme, 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.
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A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be
of more. --Johnson.
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2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety,
as in deeds or manners.
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Caesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his
power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.
--C.
Middleton.
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The idea of having committed the slightest solecism
in politeness was agony to him. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Syn: Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.
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solecism
(wn) | solecism
n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas,
gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie] |
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Solecism
(gcide) | Solecism \Sol"e*cism\, n.[F. sol['e]cisme, 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.
[1913 Webster]
A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be
of more. --Johnson.
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2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety,
as in deeds or manners.
[1913 Webster]
Caesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his
power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics.
--C.
Middleton.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of having committed the slightest solecism
in politeness was agony to him. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.
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