2. Noun. (alternative spelling of cacoepy) ¹
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Definition of Cacoepy
1. a wrong pronunciation [n CACOEPIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacoepy
Literary usage of Cacoepy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes by John Torrey Morse (1896)
"... student Mr. George Cheyne Shattuck Choate, whose apprenticeship in learning
to pronounce his own name has made him a match for all sorts of cacoepy. ..."
2. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... cacoepy. proof, n. verification, corroboration, attestation, certification,
confirmation. Antonyms: disproof, refutation. prop, n. buttress, stay, ..."
3. Glossology: Being a Treatise on the Nature of Language and on the Language by Charles V. Kraitsir (1852)
"... of the English cacoepy and cacography. It is not easy to ascertain at precisely
what time the corruption of the Latin vowels began in England. ..."
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