- cacoepy
- The incorrect pronunciation of a word
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cacoepy
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cacoepy — caco·epy … English syllables
cacoepy — n. incorrect pronunciation. ♦ cacoepist, n. ♦ cacoepistic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
cacoepy — ˈkakəˌwepē; kaˈkōəpē, kə noun ( es) Etymology: cac + epy (as in orthoepy) : bad pronunciation opposed to orthoepy … Useful english dictionary
Orthoepy — means the doctrine of correct pronunciation within a specific oral tradition. The term is from the Greek ὀρθοέπεια, from ὀρθός orthos correct and ἔπος epos speech. The antonym is cacoepy bad or wrong pronunciation . The pronunciation of the… … Wikipedia
Stridor — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Harsh sounds. < N PARAG:Stridor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 creak creak &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 creaking creaking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 discord discord &c. 414 Sgm: N 1 stridor stridor … English dictionary for students
Voice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Voice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 voice voice Sgm: N 1 vocality vocality Sgm: N 1 organ organ lungs bellows Sgm: N 1 good voice good voice fine voice powerful voice &c.(loud) 404 … English dictionary for students
Aphony — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Aphony >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 aphony aphony aphonia Sgm: N 1 dumbness dumbness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 obmutescence obmutescence Sgm: N 1 absence of voice absence of voice want of voice Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
corruption — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjection, abomination, abuse of terms, acrostic, adulteration, alienation, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, antiphrasis, atrocity, bad, bane, barbarism, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment,… … Moby Thesaurus
mispronunciation — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, anacoluthon, bull, cacoepy, cacology, catachresis, corruption, fluff, folk etymology, gammacism, grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, lambdacism, malaprop, malapropism, marrowsky, missaying,… … Moby Thesaurus
mispronunciation — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misaccentuation, cacology, cacoepy; see error 1 , mistake 2 … English dictionary for students
