ca·coph·o·ny (k -k f -n )
n. 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.
[French cacophonie, from Greek kakoph
 ni , from kakophnos, cacophonous; see cacophonous.] |
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Little Brother Matt is a poet, not in the style of modern cacophonies but of rhymes.
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