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Definition of Malapropisms
1. malapropism [n] - See also: malapropism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malapropisms
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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