Definitions for solecisms

solecisms sol·e·cism

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

Solecisms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 292 anagrams from letters in solecisms (ceilmosss).

Definitions for solecisms

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 solecisms

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 solecisms

His trust was warranted, until Landor detected the solecism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for solecisms
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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