| cacosyntheton | |
| ka-ko-syn'-the-ton | Gk. “ill put-together” |
| Also sp. cacosintheton | |
| male collocutum | |
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The ill placing of words, as when an adjective improperly follows a noun or when there is any other unpleasing order of words. | |
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| Sources: | Susenbrotus (1540) 36; Sherry (1550) 35 ("cacosintheton," "male collocutum") Peacham (1577) G4r | |
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