cacologyn.
/kaˈkɒlədʒi/, /kəˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /kəˈkɑlədʒi/ΚΠ
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Cacologie, ill report.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cacology, evil speech or report, detraction.
2. Bad speaking, bad choice of words; vicious pronunciation.
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
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1826 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) I. 263 Bishop Bembo mended her cacology.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 571 Cacology amused the frequenters of the Haymarket Theatre.
1856 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) I. i. 6 One Knowles, who..professed to remedy cacology and teach elocution.
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