cacophony

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kəˈkɒfəni/ (UK)
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/kəˈkɒfəni/ (UK) · /kəˈkɑfəni/ (US)

Definition of cacophony

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
    “1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.”
    “A blistering start from the Scots served to steady the ship amid a cacophony that defied the quarter-full national stadium.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek…

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ (kăkophōnĭ́ā)bor. French cacophonieder. English cacophony From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.

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