单词 | caconym |
释义 | caconymn. An example of bad nomenclature or terminology, esp. in biology and botany. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > nomenclature or terminology > [noun] > example of bad nomenclature caconym1889 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1914 O. F. Cook in Amer. Naturalist 48 310 A name rejected for linguistic reasons [is] a caconym. 1956 Nat. Cactus & Succulent Jrnl. 2 3/1 A name may qualify as a caconym in different ways. First, from sheer length... Second, from the clash of consonants making it difficult (for a European at least) to articulate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1889 |
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