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Answer for the clue "Word mix-up ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- Misused word
- Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
- Sheridan's Mrs
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Noted word scrambler
- Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
- Butcherer of words
- Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly
Word definitions for malaprop in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
Characterized by the use of malapropisms. n. A malapropism. v To use a 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.