cacography
[ kuh-kog-ruh-fee ]
/ kəˈkɒg rə fi /
noun
bad handwriting; poor penmanship.
incorrect spelling.
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OTHER WORDS FROM cacography
ca·cog·ra·pher, nouncac·o·graph·ic [kak-uh-graf-ik], /ˌkæk əˈgræf ɪk/, cac·o·graph·i·cal, adjectiveWords nearby cacography
cacodylic acid, cacoepy, cacoëthes, cacogenics, cacogeusia, cacography, cacology, cacomelia, cacomistle, caconym, cacophonous
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Example sentences from the Web for cacography
He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.
Thackeray|Anthony TrollopeI am willing to lay the blame of these errata on my own cacography, rather than on the printer's back.
A letter more or less in a name was of no account in the cacography of those times.
Claverhouse|Mowbray MorrisMost lovely is the youthful hand of his eldest daughter: the cacography of her later years is, alas!
Joyce Morrell's Harvest|Emily Sarah Holt
British Dictionary definitions for cacography
cacography
/ (kæˈkɒɡrəfɪ) /
noun
bad handwritingCompare calligraphy
incorrect spellingCompare orthography
Derived forms of cacography
cacographer, nouncacographic (ˌkækəˈɡræfɪk) or cacographical, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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