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		Definition of cacography in English: cacographynoun kəˈkɒɡrəfikəˈkɑɡrəfi mass nounarchaic Bad handwriting or spelling. 〈古〉拙劣的书写(或拼写) Example sentencesExamples -  It is amusing to notice his lectures to Jeffrey, on his cacography, which may be attributed to a similar restlessness of mind.
 -  And yet, upon careful examination we find a method, a system, in his orthography, or rather in his cacography.
 -  ‘We have a national affliction, and it's called cacography - that means ‘illegible handwriting.’
 -  He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.
 
 Synonyms illegible handwriting, hurried handwriting, untidy handwriting, squiggle, squiggles, jottings 
 Derivativesnoun archaic  I am a cacographer, though both of my uncle and aunt are calligraphers, and my mother is a painting teacher. Example sentencesExamples -  The police chief, the owner of the laundromat, half of the samba band, the entire municipal council, the town floozy - they were all nematodes: roundworms, hookworms, pinworms, whipworms and cacographers.
 -  I need to know if there are any cacographers strong enough to write the misspell that infected her.
 
 
 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Greek kakos 'bad', on the pattern of orthography.    Definition of cacography in US English: cacographynounkəˈkɑɡrəfikəˈkäɡrəfē archaic Bad handwriting or spelling. 〈古〉拙劣的书写(或拼写) Example sentencesExamples -  ‘We have a national affliction, and it's called cacography - that means ‘illegible handwriting.’
 -  And yet, upon careful examination we find a method, a system, in his orthography, or rather in his cacography.
 -  He blows off his steam with such an eagerness that he forgets for a time, or nearly forgets, his cacography.
 -  It is amusing to notice his lectures to Jeffrey, on his cacography, which may be attributed to a similar restlessness of mind.
 
 Synonyms illegible handwriting, hurried handwriting, untidy handwriting, squiggle, squiggles, jottings 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Greek kakos ‘bad’, on the pattern of orthography.     |