soraismus

Figure Name soraismus
Source Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm)
Earliest Source None
Synonyms cumulatio, soraismos
Etymology None
Type Trope
Linguistic Domain Semantic
Definition

To mingle different languages affectedly or without skill.

Example

His raison d'etre allows little quid pro quo with the hoi polloi.

Kind Of Omission
Opposition
Part Of
Related Figures cacozelia, Graecism, Hebraism, vices
Notes
Confidence Confident
Last Editor Allan McDougall
Confidence Confident
Editorial Notes Changes Linguistic Domain from morphological and lexicographic to semantic.
Reviewed Yes
Reviewer Allan McDougall