cacography

English - Turkish

Definition of cacography in English Turkish dictionary

kötü el yazısı

{i} bozuk imlâ

English - English

Definition of cacography in English English dictionary

Bad spelling

The act of exhibiting these traits

Bad handwriting

Incorrect or bad writing or spelling

poor handwriting

{i} poor handwriting, bad penmanship

Related Terms

cacographer

A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both

cacographer

{i} bad speller, terrible writer

Hyphenation

ca·cog·ra·phy

Synonyms

crabbed, cramped, faint, hieroglyphic, illegible, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible, unreadable

Antonyms

calligraphy, chirography, longhand, orthography, penmanship

Etymology

[ ka-'kä-gr&-fE ] (noun.) 1580. From Ancient Greek κακός (kakos, “bad”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”). Believed to have been introduced in the late sixteenth century, with the emergence of printing technologies and standard lexicon, the need for orthographic spelling was mandatory as opposed to the prior method of spelling upon personal preference.