cacozelia

noun — 2 senses

cacozelia

noun

Etymology From Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kăkozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”).

1

Rhetoric A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned.

2

Rhetoric Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors.

Hyponyms
soraismus, Graecism, Hebraism

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