solecism

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

a socially awkward or tactless act

Solecism in a sentence

Eliot and Gertrude Stein had a solemn conversation, mostly about split infinitives and other grammatical solecisms and why Gertrude Stein used them.

Prepositions are also prone to particular solecisms and infelicities.

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