Solecism \Sol"e*cism\, n.[F. sol['e]cisme, 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.

     C[ae]sar, 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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References

   1. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2967