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Word | Solecism |
a socially awkward or tactless act / An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence / construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically / a grammatical mistake in speech or writing. / a mistake in speech or writing / an impolite or improper way of behaving, | |
Usage | ⇒ He does the work which is solicism for him ⇒ I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many solecisms. ⇒ the solecism of asking one's hosts how much something in their house cost them ⇒ This year, it seems likely that a number of my fellow countrymen will be spending a good deal of time pedantically pursuing punctuation rules and grumbling at grammatical solecisms . |
Synonyms | barbarism, impropriety, error, fault, gaffe, mistake, blunder, slip, blooper, faux pas, gaucherie, indiscretion, misusage, boner, fallacy, abuse, bloomer, corruption, culpability, incongruity, |
Antonyms | appropriateness, aptness, fittingness, regularity, succeed, |
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