The corpus record

κᾰκό-ζηλος

kakozelos

having bad taste

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

κᾰκό-ζηλος · kako-zēlos — LSJ

having bad taste, using a bad, affected style

having bad taste: hence in Rhet., using a bad, affected style (cf. ζῆλος), ῥήτωρ D.L. 1.38; τὸ κ. = κακοζηλία, Longin. 3.4, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 186, Hermog. Inv. 4.12. Adv. κακοζήλως, εἰπεῖν Gal. 18(1).180.

In the wild

κακόζηλος · kakozēlos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 287)

Where it came from

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