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Noted word scrambler
Answer for the clue "Noted word scrambler ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Mrs —, Sheridan character using words incorrectly
- Language blooper
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- Fictional Mrs.
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
- Word mangler
- Linguistic fumbler
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.