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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Faulty diction.

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  • noun obsolete, rare The incorrect use of language

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  • JM believes that with words like ‘acyrology’ it’s no wonder

    March 5, 2009

  • JM abhores acyrology and considers it to be pulp diction!

    October 5, 2010

  • (noun) - Improper speech, or a speaking improperly.

    --Thomas Blount's Glossographia, 1656

    January 16, 2018