solecizev.
/ˈsɒləsʌɪz/ Now rare or Obsolete.
intransitive. To make use of, or commit, solecisms in language, behaviour, conduct, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
haltc900
marOE
slidea1000
misfangOE
missOE
to have wough?c1225
misnimc1225
misrekec1275
mis-startc1275
err1303
to go wrongc1340
misgo1340
slipc1340
snapperc1380
forvay1390
to miss of ——c1395
to make a balkc1430
to run in ——1496
trip1509
fault1530
mistake1548
misreckon1584
misstep1605
warpa1616
solecize1627
hallucinate1652
nod1677
to go will1724
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849
slip1890
skid1920
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > err linguistically [verb (intransitive)]
slipc1340
stumble1530
solecize1627
barbarize1644
(a)
(b)1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 62 A Citty, called..Soleis, whither he brought also some few Athenians, whose language growing corrupt by that of the country, they were said to solæcise.1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness i. ix. 26 To phansie the Holy Writers to solœcize in their language, when we do not like the sense.1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 320 If these Examples be not sufficient to give Mr. B. some clearer apprehension, what it is to solœcize in the Attic way, it's to no purpose to add more.1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 225 Absurd fellowes..solecising continually in opinion, speech, action, whole life.
1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 207 Men compact of meer incongruities, solecising in all, opinion, speeches and actions.
Derivatives
ˈsolecizer n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > user of
solecizer1693
solecist1725
1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. i. 36 Those Persons who dream of Solecisms in Holy Scripture, are the greatest Solecisers themselves.
ˈsolecizing n.
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
1895 H. Callan From Clyde to Jordan xxvii 283 There is..no solecising even in Soli.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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