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Definition: CACOPHONIOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Harsh-sounding.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb cacophoniously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(cacophoniously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cacophonious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Cacophonious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: CACOPHONIOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Harsh-sounding.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb cacophoniously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(cacophoniously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective cacophonious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "CACOPHONIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)