Definition of CACOGRAPHY

cacography

Plural: cacographies

Noun

  • poor handwriting
  • Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
  • Deliberate comic misspelling; malapropism.
  • Poor or illegible handwriting.

Origin / Etymology

From caco- + -graphy, perhaps after Middle French cacographie.

Synonyms

scratch, scrawl, scribble

Scrabble Score: 23

cacography: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cacography: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cacography: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

cacography: valid Words With Friends Word