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 so·le·cism /ˈsɑləˌsɪzəm, ˈso-/
 語法錯誤,失禮

 Sol·e·cism n.
 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.
    Caesar, 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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 solecism
      n : a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe,
           slip, gaucherie]