Etymology

cacosyntheton

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Today it means: The poor placement of words. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κακός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκακός“bad, ugly”
  2. English todaycacosyntheton

Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad, ugly”) + σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “putting together”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκακός all →

cachaemiacaco-cacochymiacacoepycaconymcacophobiacacothymiacacoxenitekakocracy

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