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SOLECISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solecism mean?
• SOLECISM (noun)
The noun SOLECISM has 1 sense:
1. a socially awkward or tactless act
Familiarity information: SOLECISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A socially awkward or tactless act
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism
Hypernyms ("solecism" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Context examples
Your garb and manner were restricted by rule; your air was often diffident, and altogether that of one refined by nature, but absolutely unused to society, and a good deal afraid of making herself disadvantageously conspicuous by some solecism or blunder; yet when addressed, you lifted a keen, a daring, and a glowing eye to your interlocutor's face: there was penetration and power in each glance you gave; when plied by close questions, you found ready and round answers.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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