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Definition of: solecism
(sol′ə·siz′əm) noun
1. A violation of grammatical rules or of the approved idiomatic usage of language.
2. Any impropriety or incongruity. [<L soloecismus <Gk. soloikismos <soloikos speaking incorrectly <Soloi, a Cilician town whose people spoke a sub-standard Attic dialect]
—sol′e·cist noun
—sol′e·cis′tic or ·ti·cal adjective
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