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- noun rhetoric A
stylistic affectation ofdiction , such as throwing in foreign words to appearlearned . - noun rhetoric Bad taste in words or selection of
metaphor , either to make the facts appear worse or todisgust the auditors.
Etymologies
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From Latin cacozēlia ("a bad, faulty, awkward imitation"), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kakozelia, "unhappy imitation", "affectation").
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apocrypha commented on the word cacozelia
n. the use of rare or foreign words to appear learned
October 6, 2009
bilby commented on the word cacozelia
Oh, none of us here would ever do that.
October 6, 2009