What does acyrology mean?
Acyrology means (chiefly Early Modern, now rare) The incorrect use of language..
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/ˌæsɪˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/ · noun
(chiefly Early Modern, now rare) 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.
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Acyrology means (chiefly Early Modern, now rare) The incorrect use of language..
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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.
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