SOLECISM Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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solecism

[ sol-uh-siz-uhm, soh-luh- ]

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noun

a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
a breach of good manners or etiquette.
any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.

solecism

/ 藞蝉蓲濒瑟藢蝉瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

1. the nonstandard use of a grammatical construction
2. any mistake, incongruity, or absurdity
a violation of good manners

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Derived Forms

藢蝉辞濒别藞肠颈蝉迟颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
藢蝉辞濒别藞肠颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
藞蝉辞濒别肠颈蝉迟, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

蝉辞濒顎侥路肠颈蝉迟 noun
蝉辞濒顎卐路肠颈蝉顎僼颈肠 蝉辞濒顎卐路肠颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒 adjective
蝉辞濒顎卐路肠颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路ly adverb

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of solecism¹

First recorded in 1570鈥�80; from Latin soloecismus 鈥済rammatical mistake,鈥� from Greek 蝉辞濒辞颈办颈蝉尘贸蝉 鈥渋ncorrect use of language鈥� (whether of individual words or in syntax), equivalent to 蝉贸濒辞颈办(辞蝉), adjective formed from 厂贸濒辞(颈) (a city in Cilicia founded by Doric-speaking Greeks from Rhodes, whose local dialect Athenians considered corrupt) + -ik(os) + -ismos; -ic, -ism

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of solecism¹

C16: from Latin soloecismus, from Greek soloikismos, from soloikos speaking incorrectly, from Soloi an Athenian colony of Cilicia where the inhabitants spoke a corrupt form of Greek

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Example Sentences

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That said, it鈥檚 perhaps worthwhile to have a one-stop shop for all these solecisms, if only for the purpose of debunking them en masse.

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Politicians of all stripes have used opponents鈥� solecisms to question their intelligence since time immemorial.

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Search online and you will not find an image of Prince Philip committing a style solecism.

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The text is garnished liberally with 鈥渟ic鈥漵 and symbols, typos and solecisms, spellings inconsistent and incoherent.

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For all the dash and raciness of his English, he has a way of lapsing into solecisms, some of which are rather astonishing in view of his general sophistication.

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sole-charge school sole custody

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