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vōx barbara

[ˈwoːks ˈbar.ba.ra]

noun

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. a barbarous word; a word which is said incorrectly
  2. a barbarous word
  3. A term for a word that is pronounced incorrectly or uses non-standard language.
Examples

Haec vōx barbara in scriptīs nōn invenītur.

This barbarous word is not found in writing.

Pronunciationˈwoːks ˈbar.ba.ra

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.