Definitions for solecism

solecism sol·e·cism

Spelling: [sol-uh-siz-uh m, soh-l
IPA: /ˈsɒl əˌsɪz əm, ˈsoʊ lə-/

Solecism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in solecism (ceilmoss).

Definitions for solecism

noun

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

Origin of solecism

1570-80; Latin soloecismus Greek soloikismós, equivalent to sóloik(os) (Sólo(i) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos <

Examples for solecism

Well-bred mothers have been known to resent this solecism keenly.

The solecism, if such it be, was repeated in Marino Faliero, act iii.

A dead State is a solecism, a contradiction in terms, an impossibility.

If I may be pardoned the solecism, a music-drama "listens" different from an opera.

Hence this adaptation is less a solecism than that of the bell for the hyacinth.

Le jument est beau was a solecism that could not longer be tolerated.

Do not even consider committing the solecism of serving it with parmigiano.

His trust was warranted, until Landor detected the solecism.

It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.

The solitude of the Palais Royal has become a mockery and a solecism.

Word Value for solecism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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