cacography
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature…Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Falschschreibung, schlechter Schreibstil, Verballhornung
какогра́фияkakográfija
(countable, uncountable)Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism.
(countable, uncountable)Poor or illegible handwriting.
poor handwriting
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.
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Forms
plural: cacographiesSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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