Solecisms [noun]
Definition of Solecisms:
misuse
Synonyms of Solecisms:
● Impropriety
● Blunder
● Abuse
● Error
● Barbarism
● Mistake
● Misusage
● Cacology
Opposite/Antonyms of Solecisms:
● Truth
● Certainty
● Correction
● Correctness
● Praise
● Accuracy
Sentence/Example of Solecisms:
It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.
Le jument est beau was a solecism that could not longer be tolerated.
His trust was warranted, until Landor detected the solecism.
The solecism, if such it be, was repeated in Marino Faliero, act iii.
Well-bred mothers have been known to resent this solecism keenly.
The solitude of the Palais Royal has become a mockery and a solecism.
A dead State is a solecism, a contradiction in terms, an impossibility.
Hence this adaptation is less a solecism than that of the bell for the hyacinth.
If I may be pardoned the solecism, a music-drama "listens" different from an opera.
And if you caught him committing a solecism, would you stand it?