How to pronounce cacography
American English pronunciation
kuh-KOG-ruh-fee
- IPA
- /kəˈkɑɡɹəfi/
- Syllables
- kuh · KOG · ruh · fee (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What cacography means
Bad handwriting or bad spelling
In a sentence: The note's cacography was so bad that "meet at noon" looked like "meat a moon."
Where it comes from: It is built from Greek parts meaning "bad" and "writing," perhaps after a French word.
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