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noun
A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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History
From Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kăkozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”).
