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Famous Mrs
Answer for the clue "Famous Mrs ", 8 letters:
malaprop
Alternative clues for the word malaprop
- Mrs —, Sheridan character using words incorrectly
- Bush utterance, often
- Fictional Mrs
- Famous word butcher
- Word mangler
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- Noted word scrambler
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.