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Malapropism

Malapropism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Malapropism? [n] the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar Synonyms \| Synonyms for Malapropism: malaprop Related Terms \| Find terms related to Malapropism: abuse of terms \| acrostic \| alliteration \| allusion \| amphibologism \| amphiboly \| anacoluthon \| anadiplosis \| anagram \| analogy \| anaphora \| anastrophe \| antiphrasis \| antithesis \| antonomasia \| apophasis \| aporia \| aposiopesis \| apostrophe \| barbarism \| bull \| calembour \| catachresis \| chiasmus \| circumlocution \| climax \| conversion \| corruption \| ecphonesis \| emphasis \| equivocality \| equivoque \| exclamation \| fluff \| folk etymology \| gemination \| grammatical error \| hypallage \| hyperbaton \| hyperbole \| hypercorrection \| hyperform \| infelicity \| inversion \| Irish bull \| irony \| jeu de mots \| litotes \| logogram \| logogriph \| malaprop \| marrowsky \| meiosis \| metagram \| metaphor \| metonymy \| misconstruction \| mispronunciation \| missaying \| misusage \| onomatopoeia \| oxymoron \| palindrome \| paregmenon \| parenthesis \| paronomasia \| periphrasis \| personification \| play on words \| pleonasm \| preterition \| prolepsis \| pun \| punning \| regression \| repetition \| sarcasm \| simile \| similitude \| solecism \| spoonerism \| syllepsis \| symploce \| synecdoche \| ungrammaticism \| wordplay \| zeugma See Also \| misstatement Malapropism In Webster's Dictionary \Mal"apropism\, n. [From Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's drama, `` The Rivals,'' who makes amusing blunders in her use of words. See {Malapropos}.] A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

Malapropism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Malapropism?

[n] the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Synonyms | Synonyms for Malapropism: malaprop

See Also | misstatement

Malapropism In Webster's Dictionary

\Mal"a*prop*ism\, n. [From Mrs. Malaprop, a
character in Sheridan's drama, `` The Rivals,'' who makes
amusing blunders in her use of words. See {Malapropos}.]
A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

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