Definition of Malapropos

1. Adjective. Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature.

Attributes: Appropriateness
Also: Inappropriate
Similar to: Inapposite, Out Of Place
Antonyms: Apropos

2. Adverb. At an inconvenient time. "She answered malapropos"
Exact synonyms: Inopportunely
Partainyms: Inopportune
Antonyms: Opportunely

Definition of Malapropos

1. a. & adv. Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Definition of Malapropos

1. Adjective. out of place; inappropriate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malapropos

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malapropos

malapertnesses
malaperts
malaphor
malaphors
malapplied
malapportioned
malapportionment
malaprop
malapropian
malapropic
malapropism
malapropisms
malapropist
malapropistic
malapropists
malapropos (current term)
malaprops
malapterurid
malapterurids
malapterurus
malar
malar arch
malar bone
malar flush
malar fold
malar foramen
malar lymph node
malar node
malar point
malar process

Literary usage of Malapropos

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

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"and then,' said he, lowering his malapropos voice, ' then I shook him, to.1 Here he pushed me to and fro, with his septuagenarian gripe on my collar, ..."

2. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"malapropos. (Rondeau.) Imitated from the French of Count Anthony Hamilton. malapropos do English wits revive The Rondeau, which our beauties hear with scorn ..."

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