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English
Etymology
Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad, ugly”) + σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “putting together”)
Noun
cacosyntheton (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The poor placement of words.
References
- Cacosyntheton, from Silva Rhetoricae