cacozelia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kakozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”).
Noun[edit]
cacozelia (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned.
- (rhetoric) Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kakozēlía, “unhappy imitation", "affectation”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.kozˈzeː.li.a/, [käkɔz̪ˈd̪͡z̪eːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.kodˈd͡ze.li.a/, [käkod̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːliä]
Noun[edit]
cacozēlia f (genitive cacozēliae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cacozēlia | cacozēliae |
| Genitive | cacozēliae | cacozēliārum |
| Dative | cacozēliae | cacozēliīs |
| Accusative | cacozēliam | cacozēliās |
| Ablative | cacozēliā | cacozēliīs |
| Vocative | cacozēlia | cacozēliae |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: cacozelia
References[edit]
- “cacozelia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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