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malapropisms

malapropisms is the plural of malapropism.

Meaning of malapropism

Noun

malapropism (countable and uncountable, plural malapropisms)

  1. (uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
    • The script employed malapropism to great effect.
  2. (countable) An instance of such use.
    • The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
    Synonyms:
    malaprop

Noun capitalized: Malapropisms

Malapropisms

  1. (plural) plural of Malapropism

Questions about malapropisms

What is malapropisms the plural of?
Malapropisms is the plural of malapropism.
What part of speech is malapropisms?
Malapropisms is a noun.

Words near malapropisms in the dictionary

  1. malaprop
  2. malapropian
  3. malapropic
  4. malapropish
  5. malapropism
  6. malapropisms
  7. malapropist
  8. malapropistic
  9. malapropistically
  10. malapropists
  11. malapropoism

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