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cacography

[kuh-kog-ruh-fee]
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noun
  1. bad handwriting; poor penmanship.
  2. incorrect spelling.

Origin of cacography

First recorded in 1570–80; caco- + -graphy
Related formsca·cog·ra·pher, nouncac·o·graph·ic [kak-uh-graf-ik] /ˌkæk əˈgræf ɪk/, cac·o·graph·i·cal, adjective
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Related Words for cacography

graffiti, cacography, graffito, hieroglyphics

Examples from the Web for cacography

Historical Examples of cacography

  • A letter more or less in a name was of no account in the cacography of those times.

    Claverhouse

    Mowbray Morris

  • Most lovely is the youthful hand of his eldest daughter: the cacography of her later years is, alas!

    Joyce Morrell's Harvest

    Emily Sarah Holt

  • I am willing to lay the blame of these errata on my own cacography, rather than on the printer's back.

  • He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.

    Thackeray

    Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for cacography

cacography

noun
  1. bad handwritingCompare calligraphy
  2. incorrect spellingCompare orthography
Derived Formscacographer, nouncacographic (ˌkækəˈɡræfɪk) or cacographical, adjective
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