solecize
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Etymology edit
Ancient Greek σολοικίζω (soloikízō)
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Verb edit
solecize (third-person singular simple present solecizes, present participle solecizing, simple past and past participle solecized)
- (intransitive) To commit a solecism.
- 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
- To phansie the Holy Writers to solœcize in their language, when we do not like the sense.
References edit
- “solecize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.