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Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
Answer for the clue "Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Sheridan's Mrs. ___
- Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Misused word
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- Word mangler
- Sheridan's Mrs
- Butcherer of words
- Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly
Word definitions for malaprop in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, from name of theatrical character Mrs. Malaprop (see malapropism ). Related: Malapropian .
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.