单词 | cacemphaton |
释义 | † cacemphatonn. Obsolete. rare. An ill-sounding expression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > instance of scape1565 solecism1577 solœcophanes1583 slip1620 cacemphaton1622 acyrological1623 impropriety1685 incorrectnessa1771 Kiplingism1803 ingrammaticism1888 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 212 This vice is called by the Greekes Cacemphaton, we call it the vnshamefast or figure of foule speech.] 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xiii. 174 It had beene an harsh and vnpleasing Cacemphaton, as your owne eare will tell you. 1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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