Crossword clues for malaprop
malaprop
- Sheridan's misspeaking Mrs
- Noted word scrambler
- Mrs. ___ (eponymous butcherer of language from "The Rivals")
- Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice)
- Linguistic lapse
- Linguistic fumbler
- Fictional Mrs
- Famous word butcher
- Famous Mrs
- Family name in Sheridan's "The Rivals"
- Butcherer of words
- Bush utterance, often
- Language blooper
- Fictional Mrs.
- The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- Sheridan's Mrs. ___
- In fiction, diction was her affliction
- Mrs —, Sheridan character using words incorrectly
- Female character in The Rivals who uses words wrongly
- Misused word
- Word mix-up
- Word mangler
- Sheridan's Mrs
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
malaprop
1823, from name of theatrical character Mrs. Malaprop (see malapropism). Related: Malapropian.
Wiktionary
malaprop
Characterized by the use of malapropisms. n. A malapropism. v
To use a malapropism.
WordNet
malaprop
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.