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cacology|kæˈkɒlədʒɪ|
[mod. ad. Gr. κακολογία evil speaking, vituperation, f. κακολόγος speaking evil, slanderous; = F. cacologie. The mod. use takes bad grammatically, not ethically.]
†1. Evil report. Obs.
1623Cockeram, Cacologie, ill report. 1656–81Blount Glossogr., Cacology, evill speech or report, detraction.
2. Bad speaking, bad choice of words; vicious pronunciation.
1775in Ash. 1826Praed Poems (1865) I. 263 Bishop Bembo mended her cacology. 1837Fraser's Mag. XV. 571 Cacology amused the frequenters of the Haymarket Theatre. 1856J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) I. i. 6 One Knowles, who..professed to remedy cacology and teach elocution. |