"cacozelia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), from Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kăkozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cacozēlia||a bad, faulty, awkward imitation}} Latin cacozēlia (“a bad, faulty, awkward imitation”), {{der|en|grc|κᾰκοζηλία||unhappy imitation, affectation}} Ancient Greek κᾰκοζηλία (kăkozēlía, “unhappy imitation, affectation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cacozelia (uncountable)
  1. (rhetoric) A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned. Tags: rhetoric, uncountable Hyponyms (affectation of diction): soraismus, Graecism, Hebraism
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  2. (rhetoric) Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors. Tags: rhetoric, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cacozelia-en-noun-gFGkdcqi Categories (other): Rhetoric
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