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Misused word
Answer for the clue "Misused word ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- Linguistic lapse
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Noted word scrambler
- Famous Mrs
- Sheridan's Mrs. ___
- Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
- Famous word butcher
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Word definitions for malaprop in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar [syn: malapropism ]
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.