Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or involving a solecism; incorrect; incongruous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Solecistical.
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- adjective Pertaining to or involving any
solecism .
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Examples
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There is the suggestion of psychological chaos in the solecistic, seemingly reckless, placement of her body in the decrepit spaces she favored, but aesthetically, the images are far from chaotic.
Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA Larissa Archer 2012
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There is the suggestion of psychological chaos in the solecistic, seemingly reckless, placement of her body in the decrepit spaces she favored, but aesthetically, the images are far from chaotic.
Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA Larissa Archer 2012
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This uses a solecistic which in a restrictive clause!
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There is the suggestion of psychological chaos in the solecistic, seemingly reckless, placement of her body in the decrepit spaces she favored, but aesthetically, the images are far from chaotic.
Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA Larissa Archer 2012
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From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression; but dexterously to introduce the very expression which ought to have been used, and in the way of answer or giving confirmation, or joining in an inquiry about the thing itself, not about the word, or by some other fit suggestion.
The Meditations 2004
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It seems to me that your mistaken solons are solecistic rather than solipsistic.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The near homophone for which you apparently reached is solecistic, violating conventional grammar.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It seems to me that your mistaken solons are solecistic rather than solipsistic.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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It seems to me that your mistaken solons are solecistic rather than solipsistic.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The near homophone for which you apparently reached is solecistic, violating conventional grammar.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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