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miscoinage

miscoinage noun: a bad or wrong coinage.

Noun

miscoinage (plural miscoinages)

  1. A bad or wrong coinage.
    • Considering the fact that English is commonly used by non-native speakers the occurrence of such miscoinages is remarkably low.G. E. Booij, Jaap van Marle, Yearbook of Morphology 1998 (page 273)
    • The wretch 'Grizled with hair' (meaning 'Having grey hair with hair') is a typical Durfey miscoinage. Something is said which sounds meaningful but is not.2017, John McVeagh, Thomas Durfey and Restoration Drama

Forms of miscoinage

pluralmiscoinages

Origin of miscoinage

From mis- + coinage.

Questions about miscoinage

What does miscoinage mean?
Miscoinage means a bad or wrong coinage.
What part of speech is miscoinage?
Miscoinage is a noun.
What is the plural of miscoinage?
The plural of miscoinage is miscoinages.

Words near miscoinage in the dictionary

  1. miscognizant
  2. miscognize
  3. miscognized
  4. miscognizes
  5. miscognizing
  6. miscoinage
  7. miscoinages
  8. miscoined
  9. miscollate
  10. miscollated
  11. miscollates

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