Definition of Malapropisms

1. Noun. (plural of malapropism) ¹

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Definition of Malapropisms

1. malapropism [n] - See also: malapropism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malapropisms

malanite
malapert
malapertly
malapertness
malapertnesses
malaperts
malaphor
malaphors
malapplied
malapportioned
malapportionment
malaprop
malapropian
malapropic
malapropism
malapropisms (current term)
malapropist
malapropistic
malapropists
malapropos
malaprops
malapterurid
malapterurids
malapterurus
malar
malar arch
malar bone
malar flush
malar fold
malar foramen

Literary usage of Malapropisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Correspondence of Madame Du Noyer by Du Noyer (Anne Marguerite Petit), Florence Louisa Layard (1890)
""—Exile of the Marquis and his wife—Monsieur de Gau —Archbishop Fieschi — " malapropisms" of the Marquis d'Onis—Florence—The Grand Duke of Tuscany—Madame ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Unconscious malapropisms are undoubtedly more common in speech than in writing. Here are three from local radio stations: Bob Lemon will be delegated to the ..."

3. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1916)
"Mistakes of this sort (now sometimes called " malapropisms," from Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's The ..."

4. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"... low-comedy fishermen whose talk is largely a farrago of " malapropisms" and topical allusions. The machinery of the play is unduly intricate and ..."

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