solecism
Plural: solecisms
Noun
- A grammatical error or an impropriety in language.
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- An error or improper usage.
- An error or improper usage.
- An error in the use of language.
- An error or improper usage.
- A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior.
Examples
- Playing ’IRREGARDLESS’ in Words With Friends is a linguistic solecism that still earns points.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French solecisme, soloëcisme (French solécisme) or its etymon Latin soloecismus, from Ancient Greek σολοικισμός (soloikismós), from σόλοικος (sóloikos, “speaking incorrectly”), from Σόλοι (Sóloi), an ancient Athenian colony in Cilicia whose inhabitants spoke a dialect regarded by Athenians as a corrupted and barbarous form of Attic Greek. Compare Atticism.
Synonyms
faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, aberration, barbarism, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, erroneity, error, fault, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip-up, slipup, solecism, stumble, thinko, wrength
Scrabble Score: 12
solecism: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsolecism: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
solecism: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary