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cacology
[ ka-kol-uh-jee, kuh- ]
noun
- defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction.
cacology
/ əˈɒəɪ /
noun
- a bad choice of words; faulty speech
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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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