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acyrology

Noun CEFR B2
ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi

Definitions

The incorrect use of language.

Early, Modern, archaic, uncountable

Equivalents

Italianoacirologia

Examples

Ancient commentators found the phrase distinctive, as well, but in a peculiar way: one of them labelled [one phrase] an instance of catachresis, a type of solecism. Similarly, Servius calls [another] an instance of acyrology, also a type of solecism.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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