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1. cacozelia (uncountable) (rhetoric) A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned. (rhetoric) Bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors. Source: ecdict

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appear rhetoric words affectation auditors bad diction disgust either facts foreign learned metaphor selection stylistic taste throwing worse

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cacophonical cacophonies cacophonious cacophonous cacophony cacostomia

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