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Definition of Malapropos
1. Adverb. At an inconvenient time. "She answered malapropos"
2. Adjective. Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature.
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
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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