释义 |
† caˈcemphaton Obs. rare. [Gr. κακέµϕατον ‘ill-sounding, equivocal’.] An ill-sounding expression.
[1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 260 This vice is called by the Greekes Cacemphaton, we call it the vnshamefast or figure of foule speech.] 1622Peacham Compl. Gentl. (1661) 174 It had beene an harsh and unpleasing Cacemphaton, as your own eare will tell you. 1721–90in Bailey. |