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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: malapropism (0.01173 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: malapropism
malapropism
n : the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one
that sounds similar [syn:
malaprop]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: malapropism
malapropism
\mal"a*prop*ism\, n. [From Mrs. Malaprop, a
character in Sheridan's drama,
“ The Rivals,” who makes
amusing blunders in her use of words. See
Malapropos.]
A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
[1913 Webster]
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