Solecism
(3 syl.). Misapplication of words; an expression opposed to the
laws of syntax; so called from the city of Soli, in Cilicia, where an
Athenian colony settled, and forgot the purity of their native
language.
(Suidas.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Solecism from Fact Monster:
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