An inadvertent mistake; esp. a slip of the tongue or a clerical error, a ‘fault escaped’; = escape, n.1 6. Obsolete.

An impropriety or irregularity in speech or diction; a violation of the rules of grammar or syntax; (sometimes spec.) a faulty concord.

An apparent solecism.

A mistake or fault, esp. one of a slight or trivial character, inadvertently made in writing, speaking, etc.; an unintentional error or blunder.

An ill-sounding expression.

Incorrect in the use of words (in quot. defined as if a noun).

with an and plural. An instance of improper language, conduct, etc.; a breach of propriety.

An instance of this; a mistake, error, fault.

Cambridge University slang. A sarcastic term for the errors and solecisms alleged to occur in the edition of the ‘Codex Bezæ’ (1793) by Thomas…

An ungrammatical form or construction; a solecism.