cacoëpyn.
/kaˈkəʊɪpi/ rare.
Bad or erroneous pronunciation; opposed to orthoepy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect speech
mispronunciation1530
cacology1775
cacoëpy1880
misspeech1895
1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. 40 Phonology finds in orthoëpy only the materials upon which it works, which indeed it finds no less in cacoëpy.
Derivatives
cacoëˈpistic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in pronunciation
cacoëpistic1869
1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. 224 Abnormal, cacoepistic, rare, vulgar and dialectic forms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1869