Cacography
bad handwriting; poor penmanship.
incorrect spelling.
Historical Examples
Joyce Morrell’s Harvest Emily Sarah Holt
Thackeray Anthony Trollope
Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 Various
Claverhouse Mowbray Morris
noun
bad handwriting Compare calligraphy
incorrect spelling Compare orthography
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defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction. noun a bad choice of words; faulty speech
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a name, especially a taxonomic name, that is considered linguistically undesirable.
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