cacography
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
- (countable, uncountable) Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism.
- (countable, uncountable) Poor or illegible handwriting.
Opposite of
orthography, calligraphy
Translations
guixada
schlechte Handschrift
gratter
scrittura illegibile
cacografia
garfioPronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈkɒɡɹəfi/
Etymology
From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.
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