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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The mispronunciation of words:
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek κακός (kakos, "bad") + ἔπος (epos, "word"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Chambers gives several interesting words with the caco - root, eg "cacoepy", bad pronunciation, "cacology", also bad pronunciation and bad choice of words as well.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cacoepy’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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phrontistery - c
from phrontistery.info
caballine, cabas, cable, caboched, cabochon, caboose, cabotage, cabré, cabrie, cabriole, cabriolet, cacaesthesia and 1298 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Incorrectum
Mistakes, Errors and Accidents.
nihilartikel, solecism, bevue, corrigendum, acyrology, cacoepy, fido, hamartithia, jeofail, mésalliance, mumpsimus, pseudochronism and 63 more...
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Dan: You read this already. — Your p...
Long ago, I learned a useful habit from a good friend: Every time he looked up a word in his dictionary, he’d put a mark next to it. His explanation for this was vague at best, but I understood a...
dittography, haplology, haplography, idiomology, cacoepy, orthoepist, psellism, pronunciation spe..., galbe, theropod, publican, sciolist and 111 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Tawkward
Verbal 'wtf' exchanges; odd moments of conversation and socializing.
somniloquy, bafflegab, syllepsis, sesquipedalian, whinge, divulge, anacoluthon, anaphora, sumpsimus, persiflage, eristic, overtones and 198 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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Foyle's Philavery
A selection from Christopher Foyle's book, Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, which I was delighted to learn about here.
abligurition, arcifinious, batterfang, bottomry, broggle, brool, cacoepy, cark, dangleation, dasyphyllous, dentiloquy, deglute and 93 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3250 more...
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kanenas's list
General
adnate, aleatory, anastrophe, anosmia, antiscii, aphesis, apophasis, apocope, appellative, autologous, autotrophic, botryoid and 26 more...
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They Stumble Off The Tongue
Words that are painful to say. The English language was meant to flow, and these words deserve exile. A complement to the list They Roll Off The Tongue.
interrobang, viviparous, irredentist, hypotension, betelgeuse, hough, infrared, ghoti, gloucester, colonel, oases, aposiopesis and 18 more...
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Interesting Words 1
Some words that piqued my interest
catachresis, rhotacism, mytacism, metanalysis, logomachy, cacoepy, cacodoxy, sesquipedalian, acyrology, cacozelia, brachylogy, solecism and 11 more...
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troutlily's list
resipiscence, mundle, cacoepy, intertwingularity, fremd, guddle
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"C"-words
canorous, charientism, crunk, cacography, caduceator, cadge, cacodemomania, cachinnate, cacoepy, cachexic
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chelster "Incorrect pronunciation; mispronunciation: opposed to orthoepy." — Century Dictionary (1914 ed.) Sep 20, 2010
reesetee The mispronunciation of words. (The fact that it's so damn hard to pronounce is no help at all.) Oct 3, 2007