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malaprop, n., a., and v.|ˈmæləprɒp|
[from the name of Mrs. Malaprop (suggested by malapropos), a character in Sheridan's play of The Rivals (1775), remarkable for her misuse of words.]
a. n. = malapropism.
b. adj. = malapropian.
c. v. intr., to utter a malapropism; trans., to make a malapropism of (a word).
1823Edin. Rev. XXXIX. 171 An agreeable intermixture of malaprops. 1840De Quincey Style i. Wks. 1890 X. 152 But observe..the total absence of all malaprop picturesqueness that might have defeated its deadly action upon the nervous system. 1878Bain Educ. as Science ix. 329 A malaprop use of words. 1887Athenæum 5 Feb. 189/1 The expression ‘on suffrage’, a delightful malaprop for ‘on sufferance’. 1959I. Jefferies Thirteen Days v. 67 The usage was so wild that I thought he was malapropping. 1970M. Tripp Man without Friends iii. 27 She malaprops any word of more than two syllables. |