rupestrine

Pronounced: roo-PESS-trin, adj

Notes: I could not figure out how to parse this word to get the definition

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Yesterday’s word

The word solesize means “to make an error in language, etiquette, etc”

First usage

This word came into usage in the mid-1600s

Background / Comments

You may be familiar with the noun form – solecism. The noun form definitely rings a bell in my memory, but I’m not sure I could have come up with the correct definition. Our word comes from an ancient Athenian colony in Cilicia named “Soloi”. Apparently, they had a dialect that the Athenians considered to be substandard.