† 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.
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- straw-crowned
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- straw-device
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- straw-end
- straw-fiddle
- straw-fire
- straw-foot
- straw-fork
- straw-gold
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- straw-hatter
- straw-hatting
- straw-house
- straw-knife
- stout party
- stout pharaoh
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