a. Also solœcistic(k. [See prec. and -IC.] Of the nature of or involving solecism: a. In speech or diction.
1806. C. Symmons, Milton, 340 (Jod.). The earliest of these replies, the barbarous and solecistic style of which [etc.].
1849. Benj. H. Kennedy, in N. & Q., I. 149/2. Is it too late to make an effectual stand against the solecistic expression ‘mutual friend’…?
1856. W. H. Thompson, in W. A. Butler, Hist. Anc. Philos., I. 389, note. The use of late words, and of solecistic and Latinizing constructions.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., II. 296. His solœcistic Greek was sufficient to prove that the language was unfamiliar to him.
b. In thought or conduct.
1865. Reader, 22 July, 87/1. It is rarely that Miss Cobbe distresses fastidiousness by any solecistic ventures in matters of minor import.
1884. H. Parkes, in 19th Cent., Jan., 138. Illustrations of the solecistic views which are entertained of those distant parts of the Empire.
