cacography
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cacography
- /kaˈkɒɡɹəfi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
Where it comes from
From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.
noun cacographies · kakography
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Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
A phrase exhibits proofs of cacography, when the accents are misplaced, forgotten, or used erroneously.
Opposite: orthography
- Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism. The soul of dialect is cacography, the deliberate misspelling of words for comic effect, which is the written equivalent of the malapropism.
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Poor or illegible handwriting.
Many illegible letters is the sign of disorder, and the illegibility of Greeley's cacography has furnished numberless anecdotes.
Opposite: calligraphy
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noun Translations
| Español | cacografía |
|---|---|
| Português | cacografia |
| Français | cacographie |
| Deutsch | Falschschreibung, schlechter Schreibstil, Verballhornung, schlechte Handschrift |
| Italiano | cacografia |
| Română | cacografie |
| Русский | какогра́фия kakográfija |
Talk about this word "cacography." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cacography. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cacography. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cacography "cacography." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cacography.Cite this
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