acyron

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noun

The use of words incompatible with or contrary to the speaker's meaning.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounacyron (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of words incompatible with or contrary to the speaker's meaning.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄκυρον“incorrect phraseology”
  2. Englishacyron

From Ancient Greek ἄκυρον (ákuron, “incorrect phraseology”).

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