Definition of Solecist

1. n. One who commits a solecism.

Definition of Solecist

1. Noun. One who commits a solecism. ¹

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Definition of Solecist

1. one who solecizes [n -S] - See also: solecizes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solecist

sole reflex
sole survivor
sole survivors
sole tap reflex
sole trader
sole traders
soleal line
solebar
solebars
solecise
solecised
solecises
solecising
solecism
solecisms
solecist (current term)
solecistic
solecistical
solecistically
solecists
solecize
solecized
solecizes
solecizing
soled
soledad pine
solei
solein
soleless
solely

Literary usage of Solecist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"... his mind that the forbidden fruit may in an unguarded moment betray him into uttering a shibboleth that will stamp him as a provincial and a solecist. ..."

2. A History of Classical Scholarship: From the Sixth Century B.C. to the End by John Edwin Sandys (1906)
"... (or solecist) is directed against grammarians who lapsed into solecisms, in spite of a pedantic attention to correctness of style. ..."

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