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cacosyntheton

cacosyntheton noun: the poor placement of words.

Noun

cacosyntheton (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The poor placement of words.

Origin of cacosyntheton

Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad, ugly”) + σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “putting together”)

Questions about cacosyntheton

What does cacosyntheton mean?
Cacosyntheton means the poor placement of words.
What part of speech is cacosyntheton?
Cacosyntheton is a noun.

Words near cacosyntheton in the dictionary

  1. cacophrenic
  2. cacoplastic
  3. cacosmia
  4. cacospongionolide
  5. cacospongionolides
  6. cacosyntheton
  7. cacothymia
  8. cacothymias
  9. cacotopia
  10. cacotopian
  11. cacotopias

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