| Main Entry: | solecism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misuse |
Synonyms: |
abuse, barbarism, blunder, cacology, error, impropriety, mistake, misusage |
| Concept: | Solecism. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty grammar; slip of the pen, slip of the tongue; lapsus linguae; slipslop; bull; barbarism, impropriety.
-verbs
use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize, commit a solecism; murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head.
-adjectives
ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper, incongruous; solecistic, solecistical.
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