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ALL meanings of malaprop

mal·a·prop
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  • noun malaprop Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words. 1
  • noun malaprop The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “ dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ). 1
  • noun malaprop Mrs.a character in Sheridan's play The Rivals, who makes ludicrous blunders in her use of words 0
  • adjective malaprop using or characterized by malapropisms 0
  • noun malaprop malapropism (sense 2) 0
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