Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly, 8 letters - Crossword clues, answers, solver

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Answer for the clue "Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly ", 8 letters:
malaprop

Alternative clues for the word malaprop

Fictional Mrs
Famous word butcher
Butcherer of words
Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
Sheridan's Mrs. ___
Noted word scrambler
Misused word
Linguistic lapse
Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
Famous Mrs

Usage examples of malaprop.

Dogberries and grandmothers are occasionally found upon the bench, dispensing their honest but destructive platitudes, and their Malaprop constructions of commercial law, to juries of astounded merchants.