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cacology

[ ka-kol-uh-jee, kuh- ]

noun

  1. defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction.


cacology

/ əˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. a bad choice of words; faulty speech
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cacology1

First recorded in 1615–25; caco- + -logy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cacology1

C17 (in the sense: ill report): from Greek kakologia
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Example Sentences

Cacology, ka-kol′o-ji, n. bad grammar or pronunciation.

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Even Shakespeare might have been glad of such an opportunity to enlarge the cacology, by actual hearing, of some of his most amusing characters.

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As to prose, I don't know Addison's from Johnson's; but I will try to mend my cacology.

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