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cacoëpy rare.|kæˈkəʊɪpɪ|
[a. Gr. κακοέπεια faulty language.]
Bad or erroneous pronunciation; opposed to orthoepy. Hence cacoëˈpistic a.
1880Grant White Every-Day Eng. 40 Phonology finds in orthoëpy only the materials upon which it works, which indeed it finds no less in cacoëpy. 1867A. J. Ellis E.E. Pronunc. i. iii. 224 Abnormal, cacoepistic, rare, vulgar and dialectic forms. |