solecist

English

Noun

solecist (plural solecists)

1. (obsolete, rare) One who commits a solecism.
   • 1725, Anthony Blackwall, The Sacred Classics Defended And Illustrated:

     Shall a noble writer, and an inspired noble writer, be called a solecist, and barbarian, for giving a new turn to a word so agreeable to the analogy and genius of the Greek tongue?

   • 1887, The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health:

     Let me, therefore, urge you, if you ever feel condemned by such yielding, to become a solecist and wilfully and determinately break those laws of society that your conscience can not approve.

   • 1890, The Alpha Phi Quarterly:

     Too often is the college graduate a solecist through her ignorance of the customs and usages of that class whose life is made up of the minutiae of politeness.

Adjective

solecist (comparative more solecist, superlative most solecist)

1. (obsolete, rare) Having the characteristics of a solecism.
   • 2001, Scripta Classica Israelica:

     […] is another solecist quotation.

References

• “solecist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• isolects, scolites, solstice