cacophaton

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Latin

Noun

cacophaton n (genitive cacophatī); second declension

  1. cacophony (union of two or more disagreeable sounds which form an equivocal word or expression)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

References

  • cacophaton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cacophaton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.