solecism
Roget category 568
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#568.
Solecism
noun
solecism —
bad grammar,
false grammar,
faulty grammar —
slip of the pen,
slip of the tongue —
lapsus linguae [Lat.] —
slipslop† —
bull —
barbarism,
impropriety.
verb
use bad grammar,
faulty grammar —
solecize†,
commit a solecism —
murder the King's English,
murder the Queen's English,
break Priscian's head.
adjective
ungrammatical —
incorrect,
inaccurate —
faulty —
improper,
incongruous —
solecistic,
solecistical†.
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