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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 actplay

  Familiarity information: SOLECISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOLECISM (noun)


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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