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malapropism

N การ ใช้ คำ ผิด ความหมาย  misusage error kan-chai-kam-pid-kwam-mai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MALAPROPISM

Mal "a *prop *ism, n. Etym: [From Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's drama, " The Rivals," who makes amusing blunders in her use of words. See Malapropos. ]

 

Defn: A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

 

Oxford Dictionary

malapropism

malapropism |ˈmaləprɒˌpɪz (ə )m |(US also malaprop ) noun the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect (e.g. ‘dance a flamingo instead of flamenco ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of the character Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775 ) + -ism .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

malapropism

malapropism noun she's famous for her hilarious malapropisms: wrong word, solecism, misuse, misapplication, infelicity, slip of the tongue, Freudian slip, blunder.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

malapropism

malapropism noun wrong word, solecism, error, misuse, misusage, misapplication, infelicity, slip of the tongue.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

malapropism

mal a prop ism /mǽləprɑpɪ̀z (ə )m |-prɔp -/名詞 1 U 言葉の滑稽 (こつけい )な誤用 〘riceをliceとするような類音語の取り違えによる 〙.2 C 誤用語 (法 ).