cacosyntheton

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cacosyntheton (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The poor placement of words.

References
  • Cacosyntheton, from Silva Rhetoricae
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