8 Letter Words for Solecism
solecism
7 Letter Words for Solecism
coseism, limoses, lissome, loessic, ossicle, seismol, smoiles
6 Letter Words for Solecism
celoms, cessio, climes, clises, closes, colies, cossie, iscose, limose, melics, mioses, missel, moiles, molies, molise, mossie, osmics, sclims, semois, slices, slimes, smiles, smoile, socies, socles
5 Letter Words for Solecism
ceils, celom, ciels, clems, clies, clime, cloes, close, coils, coles, comes, coses, cosie, cosse, eolic, isles, leiss, limes, limos, loess, lomes, loses, melic, melis, melos, mesic, micos, miles, milos, misce, mises, misos, moile, moils, moise, moles, mosel, moses, oleic, osmic, sclim, secos, seils, seism, semic, semis, sices, sicle, siles, silos, slice, slime, slims, sloes, smile, smilo, socle, soils, solei, soles, sosie
4 Letter Words for Solecism
ceil, cels, cess, ciel, clem, clio, clos, coes, coil, cole, coli, cols, come, coml, coms, cose, coss, ecol, elms, emic, emos, ices, iocs, isle, isls, isms, isos, leis, leos, less, lice, lies, lime, limo, liss, loci, lome, lose, loss, meio, mels, meso, mess, mice, mico, mics, mile, milo, mils, misc, miso, miss, mocs, moes, moil, mole, mols, mose, moss, msec, oeci, oils, oime, oles, olms, oses, osse, scil, scsi, seco, secs, seil, seis, sels, semi, sice, sics, sile, silo, sime, sims, siol, sise, slim, sloe, soce, socs, soil, sole, sols, some, soms
3 Letter Words for Solecism
cel, ceo, cie, cis, cli, clo, cml, col, com, cos, csi, ecm, eco, eli, elm, els, emo, ems, eom, eos, esc, esm, ess, ice, ile, ilo, imo, ios, ise, isl, ism, iso, lcm, lei, lem, leo, les, lie, lim, lis, loc, loe, los, lsc, mei, mel, mes, mic, mil, mis, mls, moc, moe, moi, mol, mos, msl, mss, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olm, oms, ose, osi, sci, sec, sei, sel, sem, sic, sie, sil, sim, sis, sle, sml, soc, sol, som, sse
Definitions for Solecism
[1] a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
[2] a breach of good manners or etiquette.
[3] any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
[4] the nonstandard use of a grammatical construction any mistake, incongruity, or absurdity
[5] a violation of good manners
Words related to Solecism
impropriety, blunder, abuse, error, barbarism, mistake, incongruity, blooper, slip, misusage, cacology
Words nearby Solecism
sole, sole custody, sole trader, sole-charge school, sole-source, solecism, solely, solemn, solemn high mass, solemn league and covenant, solemn mass
Origin of Solecism
1570–80; < Latin soloecismus < Greek soloikismós, equivalent to sóloik(os ) (Sólo(i ) a city in Cilicia where a corrupt form of Attic Greek was spoken + -ikos -ic) + -ismos -ism
Words that may be confused with Solecism
solecism, solipsism
Other words from Solecism
sol·e·cist , noun
sol·e·cis·tic , sol·e·cis·ti·cal , adjective
sol·e·cis·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Solecism
C16: from Latin soloecismus, from Greek soloikismos, from soloikos speaking incorrectly, from Soloi an Athenian colony of Cilicia where the inhabitants spoke a corrupt form of Greek
Synonyms for Solecism
abuse, barbarism, blunder, error, impropriety, mistake, cacology, misusage
