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malapropistic

malapropistic adjective: exhibiting malapropism.

Adjective

malapropistic (not comparable)

  1. exhibiting malapropism
    • In the little town of Apogee, he befriends the malapropistic auto mechanic Stiff Major and his holistic hippie wife, Ursula, as well as a revolution-happy country-punk band called the Radniks (say it out loud), and puts his knowledge to work in the real world for the first time.2009 July 26, Douglas Wolk, “Shades of Meaning”, in New York Times

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Questions about malapropistic

What does malapropistic mean?
Malapropistic means exhibiting malapropism.
What part of speech is malapropistic?
Malapropistic is an adjective.

Words near malapropistic in the dictionary

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

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