solecize
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek σολοικίζω (soloikízō)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsolecize (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.