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Definition of Misusage
1. n. Bad treatment; abuse.
Definition of Misusage
1. Noun. Improper usage (especially of words) ¹
2. Noun. Abuse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misusage
1. incorrect use [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misusage
Literary usage of Misusage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The fame of their misusage so prevented them that the people of that place also,
offended thereby, would bring in no wares. ..."
2. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein, Samuel Harvey Taylor, Henry Hamilton Arnold (1875)
"... a misusage by blows or thrusts, which is administered as mere vengeance by
unauthorized persons; pulsare (from pellere) as a slighter misusage with hand ..."
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