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acyrology

noun

  1. incorrect use of language
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

  1. The incorrect use of language.

    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.