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dogberryism

dogberryism is the alternative form of Dogberryism.

Noun capitalized: Dogberryism

Dogberryism (plural Dogberryisms)

  1. A malapropism.

Forms of dogberryism

pluraldogberryisms
pluralDogberryisms
alternative formdogberryism

Origin of dogberryism

From Dogberry + -ism, after Shakespeare's character in Much Ado About Nothing.

Questions about dogberryism

What does dogberryism mean?
Dogberryism means a malapropism.
What is dogberryism the alternative form of?
Dogberryism is the alternative form of Dogberryism.
What part of speech is dogberryism?
Dogberryism is a noun.
What is the plural of dogberryism?
The plural of dogberryism is dogberryisms.

Words near dogberryism in the dictionary

  1. dogballs
  2. dogbane
  3. dogbanes
  4. dogberries
  5. dogberry
  6. dogberryism
  7. dogberryisms
  8. dogbit
  9. dogbits
  10. dogbolt
  11. dogbolts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogberryism (page history and authors); Dogberryism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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