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ca·coph·o·ny

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NOUN:
pl. ca·coph·o·nies

Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance: heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam.
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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