#565.  Misnomer. —­ N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo[Lat]; Mrs.
Malaprop; what d’ye call ’em &c. (neologism) 563[obs3]; Hoosier.
     nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom
de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre[Fr], nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy. 
     V. misname, miscall, misterm[obs3]; nickname; assume a name. 
     Adj. misnamed &c. v.; pseudonymous; soi-disant[Fr]; self called, self
styled, self christened; so-called.
     nameless, anonymous; without a having no name; innominate, unnamed;
unacknowledged. 
     Adv. in no sense.

     #566.  Phrase. —­ N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence,
paragraph; figure of speech &c. 521; idiom, idiotism[obs3]; turn of expression; style.
     paraphrase &c. (synonym) 522; periphrase &c. (circumlocution) 573
motto &c. (proverb) 496[obs3]. phraseology &c. 569. 
     V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to;
voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub. 
     Adj. expressed &c. v.; idiomatic. 
     Adv. in round terms, in set terms, in good set terms, set terms; in
set phrases.

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#567.  Grammar. —­ N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive[obs3]; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi[Lat]; Lindley Murray &c. (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology &c. (language) 560.  V. parse, punctuate, syllabicate[obs3].

     #568.  Solecism. —­ N. solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty
grammar; slip of the pen, slip of the tongue; lapsus linguae[Lat]; slipslop[obs3]; bull; barbarism, impropriety. 
     V. use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize[obs3], commit a
solecism; murder the King’s English, murder the Queen’s English, break Priscian’s head. 
     Adj. ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper,
incongruous; solecistic, solecistical[obs3].

     #569.  Style. —­ N. style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner,
strain; composition; mode of expression, choice of words; mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer; command of language &c. (eloquence) 582; authorship; la morgue litteraire[Fr].. 
     V. express by words &c. 566; write. 
     Phr. le style c’est de l’homme [Fr][Buffon]; “style is the dress of
thoughts” [Chesterfield].

Various Qualities of Style

     #570.  Perspicuity. —­ N. perspicuity, perspicuousness &c.
(intelligibility) 518; plain speaking &c. (manifestation) 525; definiteness, definition; exactness &c. 494; explicitness, lucidness. 
     Adj. lucid &c. (intelligible) 518; explicit &c. (manifest) 525; exact
&c. 494.

     #571.  Obscurity. —­ N. obscurity &c. (unintelligibility) 519;
involution; hard words; ambiguity &c. 520; unintelligibleness; vagueness &c. 475, inexactness &c. 495; what d’ye call ’em &c. (neologism) 563[obs3]; darkness of meaning. 
     Adj. obscure &c. n.; crabbed, involved, confused.