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Famous Mrs
Answer for the clue "Famous Mrs ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- In fiction, diction was her affliction
- Language blooper
- Word mix-up
- Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly
- Bush utterance, often
- Famous word butcher
- Misused word
- Mrs —, Sheridan character using words incorrectly
- 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.