| Figure Name | cacemphaton |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | aischrologia, aeschrologia, aschrologia, cacophonia, scurra, turpiloquum, turpis loquutio |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Trope |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
An expression that is deliberately either foul (such as crude language) or ill-sounding (such as from excessive alliteration). |
| Example |
Quintilian gives the example of using the nominative form of intercapedinis ("interruption"), intercapedo, since its last two syllables (-pedo) could sound like a separate, far different Latin word (pedo, "to break wind") |
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| Related Figures | cacozelia, paroemion |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |