Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cacogamy

/kəˈkɒɡəmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cacogamy
IPA: /kəˈkɒɡəmi/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any kind of socially unacceptable marriage

Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, caco- (“bad”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce cacogamy?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈkɒɡəmi/.
What does cacogamy mean?: any kind of socially unacceptable marriage
Where does cacogamy come from?: By surface analysis, caco- (“bad”) + -gamy (“marriage”).

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