solecism

Meaning

Noun

• An erroneous or improper usage.
• Error in the use of language.
• A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior.

Origin

• Borrowed from French solécisme, from Latin soloecismus, from Ancient Greek σολοικισμός, from σόλοικος, from Σόλοι, an ancient Athenian colony in Cilicia whose inhabitants spoke a dialect regarded by Athenians as a corrupted and barbarous form of Attic Greek. Compare Atticism.