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solecism

n. இழுக்கு, பண்புச்சோர்வு, இலக்கணப்பிழைக்கூறு, எழுத்துவழு, பேச்சுவழு, நடத்தைக் கோளாறு, மரபுவழு, ஆசாரப்பிழை, பண்புக்கோட்டம், நாகரிக நடைத்தவறு.


Sol"e*cism, n.Etym: [F. solécisme, L. soloecismus, Gr. soloikismo`s, fr. soloiki`zein to speak or write incorrectly, fr. so`loikos speaking incorrectly, from the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists of So`loi in Cilicia.] 1. An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax. A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more. Johnson. 2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners. Cæsar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics. C. Middleton. The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.


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