solecismn.

/ˈsɒləsɪz(ə)m/

Forms: α. 1500s–1700s solœcisme, 1600s–1800s solœcism (1600s solocism); 1500s–1600s solæcism(e, 1700s solaecism. β. 1500s–1600s solecisme, 1500s– solecism (1600s soll-).

Etymology: < Latin solœcismus, < Greek σολοικισμός, < σόλοικος speaking incorrectly, stated by ancient writers to refer to ‘the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists at Σόλοι in Cilicia’. So French solécisme, Spanish solecismo, Italian solecismo. The transferred uses of the word also occur in Greek and Latin.

a. An impropriety or irregularity in speech or diction; a violation of the rules of grammar or syntax; (sometimes spec.) a faulty concord.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > instance of

scape1565

solecism1577

solœcophanes1583

slip1620

cacemphaton1622

acyrological1623

impropriety1685

incorrectnessa1771

Kiplingism1803

ingrammaticism1888

α.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vii. xxiv. 138 They seeme farre from offending, in any barbarous terme, solœcisme, or ignorant error at all.

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 70 Sucke out one solœcisme or mishapen English word if thou canst.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. c j b A very Solœcisme and incongruitie of Syntaxis.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 320 All these are gross Solœcisms, the last part of the Sentence not agreeing nor answering to the first; which is the proper definition of a Solœcism.

1702 L'Estrange's Visions of Quevedo Burlesqu'd 242 State Aphorismes Cramn'd full with factious Solœcismes.

1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 72 He certainly spared no pains to eradicate his northern accent, beside being exceedingly careful to avoid provincial solœcisms.

β. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. b ij b They easily take offense of the simple speaches or solecismes.1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 2 If he did, then he ouersaw many a foule solecisme [printed salecisme], many a senceles period.1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 14. §34 Solecisms, impure words, and..rude expressions.1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 163 Let any man..read diligently the works of Shakespear and Fletcher; and I dare undertake that he will find, in every page either some solecism of Speech, or some notorious flaw in Sence.1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 294 I question much if any of my friends are more sensible of the Scotticisms, yea, solecisms, in my style than I am.1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxvii. 193 There is something in it which cannot be..expressed without a solecism in language.1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 27 We find even early proofs, that solecisms of grammar, as well as barbarous phrases.., were very common in Rome itself.1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 156 The Greek of the Apocalypse is so ungrammatical and so full of solecisms as to be the worst in the entire Greek Testament.

b. Without article: violation of the rules of grammatical agreement; incorrect or ungrammatical speech or diction, or the use of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun]

solecism1583

absonism1592

acyrology1609

peccancy?1611

incorrectness1672

incorrection1788

barbarizing1861

solecizing1895

abusage1942

ill-formedness1972

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in grammar > error of concord

incongruity1574

solecism1699

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. i. 47 If the relatiue must alwaies be referred to the antecedent of the same case, to agree with it in case,..there is no Greeke auctor whose workes are extant, but he hath committed Solœcisme.

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Solæcisme, Incongruity of speech, or defect in the purity thereof.

1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. b2 A wary man he is in Grammar; very nice as to Solæcism or Barbarism.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 310 Attic, the beloved Dialect of the Sophists,..in which they affected to excell each other, even to Pedantry and Solœcism.

1872 A. Bain Higher Eng. Gram. 195 The words employed may be English, but they may be combined in a way that is not English. This is Solecism.

figurative.a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. i. 138 in 3 New Playes (1655) Think upon 't, a close friend Or private Mistress, is Court-rhetorick; A Wife, meer rustick Solecism.

a. A breach or violation of good manners or etiquette; a blunder or impropriety in manners, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > a breach of good manners

solecism1599

incivility1652

spinosity1653

false Latin1665

(a)

1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered vi. 19 [It] is surely a solæcisme in manners, and argueth great want of discretion.

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 27 My Lord Walden leaving him at the Court gate and remaining that night (not perhaps without a Solecisme in ceremonie) at Theobalds.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xii. 38 As if she be guilty of casuall incivilities, or solœcismes in manners occasioned by invincible ignorance.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 521/2 I observ'd Prior..whisper somewhat in his Ear, which I suppose was to desire him to rectify that Solecism in Dress.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. vii. 82 You have committed an outrageous solecism in good manners.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 44 The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness..was agony to him.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe (1891) xvi. 208 The cold, unbelieving eye of the Englishman, expectant of solecisms in manners.

(b)1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. i. sig. E4^v He ne're observ'd you..take A say of venison, or stale fowle by your nose (Which is a solecisme at anothers table).1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxix. 77 I should commit a great Solæcisine [1650, 1655 Solœcisme], if..I should leave you unsaluted.1685 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) II. 416 I looke upon it as an ill Omen, that you should committ such a grosse solecisme at your first entrance into the University against your Loving father.1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton v. 36 Who, in the slightest solecism of London manners, could find matter for sarcasm and raillery.1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 151 In those days smoking in the street was an unpardonable solecism.

b. Without article. rare.

ΚΠ

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 39 For his inside, it may be said, and without solœcisme [1641 (ed. 1) offence], that he was his Fathers own sonne.

1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 100 Solecisme he accounted the worst point of Slovenry, affecting neatnesse in his household-stuffe and cloathes.

a. An error, incongruity, inconsistency, or impropriety of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of

impertinency1588

impertinence1603

solecism1603

incongruitya1626

unfitness1645

misfit1823

malapropos1854

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun]

misnimming?c1225

errora1340

defaulta1387

balkc1430

fault1523

jeofail1546

errat1548

trip1548

naught1557

missa1568

missinga1568

slide1570

snappera1572

amiss1576

mistaking1579

misprize1590

mistake1600

berry-block1603

solecism1603

fallibility1608

stumblea1612

blota1657

slur1662

incorrectnessa1771

bumble1823

skew1869

(to make) a false step1875

slip-up1909

ricket1958

bad1981

α.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 55 It is the Solocisme of power, to thinke to command the ende, and yet not to endure the meane.

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 250 Forgiue it, now. It was the solœcisme of my starres.

1662 Bp. E. Hopkins Funeral Serm. (1663) 18 'Tis as great a solœcisme to think of their graves, as of going to bed at noon day.

β. 1603 T. Bodley in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 44 A match..between our Prince and the King of Spain's two years' daughter..is a motion so full of solecisms, as [etc.].1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 291 But, though exceeding beautiful, yet, I think, to join Roman with Gothic Architecture, is a Solecism.1792 A. Young Trav. France 483 Of all solecisms, none ever equalled Paris demanding that the transport of corn from province to province should be prohibited.1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vii. 231 The idea of compelling belief in particular doctrines is a solecism.1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 244 Where a fat jovial Franciscan would be a solecism.1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iii. 117 What age or country can match the practical solecisms exhibited in the following facts?

b. Const. in something.

ΚΠ

α.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxvi, in Wks. I. 807 A desperate solœcisme in truth and wit.

1659 C. Simpson Division-violist i. 11 As for Thirds and Sixts,..two, three or more of them, rising or falling together, is no Solæcisme in Musick.

β. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xvi. 23 The Emperours unfurnished their frontiers of garrisons, and laid them open to invasions; a notorious solecisme in policie.a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 25 To beat down our Foes, and fall down to our Concupiscences; are Solecisms in Moral Schools.1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 17 Stammering, which I take to be one of the worst Solecisms in Rhetorick.1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. viii. 273 Cæsar..committed a dangerous solecism in politics.1807 European Mag. 52 382/1 To an English dairymaid, the preparation of milk by men would seem a solecism in house~wifery.1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 53 A terrible solecism in political œconomy.

c. Without article. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > being astray, error

woughc888

dwalec950

dwildOE

wharfedlaikc1175

dwele?c1225

dwelth?c1225

misfarea1387

wilsomenessa1400

mistake1635

fallacy1645

solecism1649

mistakenness1865

1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 78 Tis his first Play, twere Solecism 't should goe.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. vi. 134 Their conviction that Louis is a Prisoner of War; and cannot be put to death without injustice, solecism, peril.

Derivatives

solecismical adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [adjective]

erringa1340

overseena1393

willa1400

out of one's book (also books)1549

straying1553

faulting1566

deceived1569

seek1569

tripping1577

amiss1582

mistaking1582

naught1597

errant1609

solecistical1654

solecismical1656

wrong1695

solecistic1865

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Solecismical, pertaining to a Solescism, incongruous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	solecism
释义	solecismn. /ˈsɒləsɪz(ə)m/ Forms: α. 1500s–1700s solœcisme, 1600s–1800s solœcism (1600s solocism); 1500s–1600s solæcism(e, 1700s solaecism. β. 1500s–1600s solecisme, 1500s– solecism (1600s soll-). Etymology: < Latin solœcismus, < Greek σολοικισμός, < σόλοικος speaking incorrectly, stated by ancient writers to refer to ‘the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists at Σόλοι in Cilicia’. So French solécisme, Spanish solecismo, Italian solecismo. The transferred uses of the word also occur in Greek and Latin. 1. a. An impropriety or irregularity in speech or diction; a violation of the rules of grammar or syntax; (sometimes spec.) a faulty concord. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > instance of scape1565 solecism1577 solœcophanes1583 slip1620 cacemphaton1622 acyrological1623 impropriety1685 incorrectnessa1771 Kiplingism1803 ingrammaticism1888 α. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vii. xxiv. 138 They seeme farre from offending, in any barbarous terme, solœcisme, or ignorant error at all. 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 70 Sucke out one solœcisme or mishapen English word if thou canst. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. c j b A very Solœcisme and incongruitie of Syntaxis. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 320 All these are gross Solœcisms, the last part of the Sentence not agreeing nor answering to the first; which is the proper definition of a Solœcism. 1702 L'Estrange's Visions of Quevedo Burlesqu'd 242 State Aphorismes Cramn'd full with factious Solœcismes. 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 72 He certainly spared no pains to eradicate his northern accent, beside being exceedingly careful to avoid provincial solœcisms. β. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. b ij b They easily take offense of the simple speaches or solecismes.1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 2 If he did, then he ouersaw many a foule solecisme [printed salecisme], many a senceles period.1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 14. §34 Solecisms, impure words, and..rude expressions.1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 163 Let any man..read diligently the works of Shakespear and Fletcher; and I dare undertake that he will find, in every page either some solecism of Speech, or some notorious flaw in Sence.1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 294 I question much if any of my friends are more sensible of the Scotticisms, yea, solecisms, in my style than I am.1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxvii. 193 There is something in it which cannot be..expressed without a solecism in language.1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 27 We find even early proofs, that solecisms of grammar, as well as barbarous phrases.., were very common in Rome itself.1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 156 The Greek of the Apocalypse is so ungrammatical and so full of solecisms as to be the worst in the entire Greek Testament. b. Without article: violation of the rules of grammatical agreement; incorrect or ungrammatical speech or diction, or the use of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] solecism1583 absonism1592 acyrology1609 peccancy?1611 incorrectness1672 incorrection1788 barbarizing1861 solecizing1895 abusage1942 ill-formedness1972 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in grammar > error of concord incongruity1574 solecism1699 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. i. 47 If the relatiue must alwaies be referred to the antecedent of the same case, to agree with it in case,..there is no Greeke auctor whose workes are extant, but he hath committed Solœcisme. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Solæcisme, Incongruity of speech, or defect in the purity thereof. 1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. b2 A wary man he is in Grammar; very nice as to Solæcism or Barbarism. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 310 Attic, the beloved Dialect of the Sophists,..in which they affected to excell each other, even to Pedantry and Solœcism. 1872 A. Bain Higher Eng. Gram. 195 The words employed may be English, but they may be combined in a way that is not English. This is Solecism. figurative.a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. i. 138 in 3 New Playes (1655) Think upon 't, a close friend Or private Mistress, is Court-rhetorick; A Wife, meer rustick Solecism. 2. a. A breach or violation of good manners or etiquette; a blunder or impropriety in manners, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > a breach of good manners solecism1599 incivility1652 spinosity1653 false Latin1665 (a) 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered vi. 19 [It] is surely a solæcisme in manners, and argueth great want of discretion. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 27 My Lord Walden leaving him at the Court gate and remaining that night (not perhaps without a Solecisme in ceremonie) at Theobalds. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xii. 38 As if she be guilty of casuall incivilities, or solœcismes in manners occasioned by invincible ignorance. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 521/2 I observ'd Prior..whisper somewhat in his Ear, which I suppose was to desire him to rectify that Solecism in Dress. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. vii. 82 You have committed an outrageous solecism in good manners. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 44 The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness..was agony to him. View more context for this quotation a1864 N. Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe (1891) xvi. 208 The cold, unbelieving eye of the Englishman, expectant of solecisms in manners. (b)1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. i. sig. E4^v He ne're observ'd you..take A say of venison, or stale fowle by your nose (Which is a solecisme at anothers table).1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxxix. 77 I should commit a great Solæcisine [1650, 1655 Solœcisme], if..I should leave you unsaluted.1685 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) II. 416 I looke upon it as an ill Omen, that you should committ such a grosse solecisme at your first entrance into the University against your Loving father.1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton v. 36 Who, in the slightest solecism of London manners, could find matter for sarcasm and raillery.1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 151 In those days smoking in the street was an unpardonable solecism. b. Without article. rare. ΚΠ 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 39 For his inside, it may be said, and without solœcisme [1641 (ed. 1) offence], that he was his Fathers own sonne. 1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 100 Solecisme he accounted the worst point of Slovenry, affecting neatnesse in his household-stuffe and cloathes. 3. a. An error, incongruity, inconsistency, or impropriety of any kind. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of impertinency1588 impertinence1603 solecism1603 incongruitya1626 unfitness1645 misfit1823 malapropos1854 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] misnimming?c1225 errora1340 defaulta1387 balkc1430 fault1523 jeofail1546 errat1548 trip1548 naught1557 missa1568 missinga1568 slide1570 snappera1572 amiss1576 mistaking1579 misprize1590 mistake1600 berry-block1603 solecism1603 fallibility1608 stumblea1612 blota1657 slur1662 incorrectnessa1771 bumble1823 skew1869 (to make) a false step1875 slip-up1909 ricket1958 bad1981 α. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 55 It is the Solocisme of power, to thinke to command the ende, and yet not to endure the meane. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 250 Forgiue it, now. It was the solœcisme of my starres. 1662 Bp. E. Hopkins Funeral Serm. (1663) 18 'Tis as great a solœcisme to think of their graves, as of going to bed at noon day. β. 1603 T. Bodley in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 44 A match..between our Prince and the King of Spain's two years' daughter..is a motion so full of solecisms, as [etc.].1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 291 But, though exceeding beautiful, yet, I think, to join Roman with Gothic Architecture, is a Solecism.1792 A. Young Trav. France 483 Of all solecisms, none ever equalled Paris demanding that the transport of corn from province to province should be prohibited.1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vii. 231 The idea of compelling belief in particular doctrines is a solecism.1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 244 Where a fat jovial Franciscan would be a solecism.1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iii. 117 What age or country can match the practical solecisms exhibited in the following facts? b. Const. in something. ΚΠ α. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxvi, in Wks. I. 807 A desperate solœcisme in truth and wit. 1659 C. Simpson Division-violist i. 11 As for Thirds and Sixts,..two, three or more of them, rising or falling together, is no Solæcisme in Musick. β. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xvi. 23 The Emperours unfurnished their frontiers of garrisons, and laid them open to invasions; a notorious solecisme in policie.a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 25 To beat down our Foes, and fall down to our Concupiscences; are Solecisms in Moral Schools.1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 17 Stammering, which I take to be one of the worst Solecisms in Rhetorick.1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. viii. 273 Cæsar..committed a dangerous solecism in politics.1807 European Mag. 52 382/1 To an English dairymaid, the preparation of milk by men would seem a solecism in house~wifery.1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 53 A terrible solecism in political œconomy. c. Without article. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > being astray, error woughc888 dwalec950 dwildOE wharfedlaikc1175 dwele?c1225 dwelth?c1225 misfarea1387 wilsomenessa1400 mistake1635 fallacy1645 solecism1649 mistakenness1865 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 78 Tis his first Play, twere Solecism 't should goe. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. vi. 134 Their conviction that Louis is a Prisoner of War; and cannot be put to death without injustice, solecism, peril. Derivatives solecismical adj. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [adjective] erringa1340 overseena1393 willa1400 out of one's book (also books)1549 straying1553 faulting1566 deceived1569 seek1569 tripping1577 amiss1582 mistaking1582 naught1597 errant1609 solecistical1654 solecismical1656 wrong1695 solecistic1865 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Solecismical, pertaining to a Solescism, incongruous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1577
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