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cacophony
 
SYLLABICATION:ca·coph·o·ny
PRONUNCIATION:  k-kf-n
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ca·coph·o·nies
1. Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance: heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam. 2. The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect.
ETYMOLOGY:French cacophonie, from Greek kakophni, from kakophnos, cacophonous. See cacophonous.
 
 
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