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单词 cacography
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Definition of cacography in English:

cacography

noun kəˈkɒɡrəfikəˈkɑɡrəfi
mass nounarchaic
  • Bad handwriting or spelling.

    〈古〉拙劣的书写(或拼写)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is amusing to notice his lectures to Jeffrey, on his cacography, which may be attributed to a similar restlessness of mind.
    • And yet, upon careful examination we find a method, a system, in his orthography, or rather in his cacography.
    • ‘We have a national affliction, and it's called cacography - that means ‘illegible handwriting.’
    • He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.
    Synonyms
    illegible handwriting, hurried handwriting, untidy handwriting, squiggle, squiggles, jottings

Derivatives

  • cacographer

  • noun
    archaic
    • I am a cacographer, though both of my uncle and aunt are calligraphers, and my mother is a painting teacher.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The police chief, the owner of the laundromat, half of the samba band, the entire municipal council, the town floozy - they were all nematodes: roundworms, hookworms, pinworms, whipworms and cacographers.
      • I need to know if there are any cacographers strong enough to write the misspell that infected her.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek kakos 'bad', on the pattern of orthography.

Definition of cacography in US English:

cacography

nounkəˈkɑɡrəfikəˈkäɡrəfē
archaic
  • Bad handwriting or spelling.

    〈古〉拙劣的书写(或拼写)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We have a national affliction, and it's called cacography - that means ‘illegible handwriting.’
    • And yet, upon careful examination we find a method, a system, in his orthography, or rather in his cacography.
    • He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.
    • It is amusing to notice his lectures to Jeffrey, on his cacography, which may be attributed to a similar restlessness of mind.
    Synonyms
    illegible handwriting, hurried handwriting, untidy handwriting, squiggle, squiggles, jottings

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek kakos ‘bad’, on the pattern of orthography.

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