亚洲网紅露点

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cacology

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

noun

  1. defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction.


cacology

/ 办蓹藞办蓲濒蓹诲萧瑟 /

noun

  1. a bad choice of words; faulty speech
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cacology1

First recorded in 1615鈥25; caco- + -logy
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cacology1

C17 (in the sense: ill report): from Greek kakologia
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Cacology, ka-kol鈥瞣-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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