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cacology

noun as in solecism

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Cacology, ka-kol′o-ji, n. bad grammar or pronunciation.

Even Shakespeare might have been glad of such an opportunity to enlarge the cacology, by actual hearing, of some of his most amusing characters.

As to prose, I don't know Addison's from Johnson's; but I will try to mend my cacology.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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