† malapropoismn.

Forms: 1800s mal-apropoism, 1800s malapropoism, 1800s mal apropos-ism.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: malapropos adv., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < malapropos adv. + -ism suffix; in quot. 1893, and perhaps also in earlier quots., after malapropism n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mælæprŏpo·iz'm) /mælæprəˈpəʊɪz(ə)m/.

Obsolete. rare.

= malapropism n. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect application of words > of a ludicrous nature > instance of

slip-slop1788

slip-sloppism1803

malaprop1814

malapropism1830

malapropoism1834

Dundrearyism1862

slip-sloppism1803

malapropism1830

slip-slop1837

malapropoism1893

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen II. ix. 183 Sadly annoyed he is sometimes by her mal-apropoisms.

1844 E. A. Poe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 221/1 Warm-hearted people..run into all sorts of blunders, contre-temps and mal apropos-isms, in the hot-headedness of their zeal to serve a friend.

1893 A. Dobson in Longman's Mag. Aug. 371 Not even the Malapropoism of Sheridan or Dickens is quite as riotously diverting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	malapropoism
释义	† malapropoismn. Forms: 1800s mal-apropoism, 1800s malapropoism, 1800s mal apropos-ism. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: malapropos adv., -ism suffix. Etymology: < malapropos adv. + -ism suffix; in quot. 1893, and perhaps also in earlier quots., after malapropism n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mælæprŏpo·iz'm) /mælæprəˈpəʊɪz(ə)m/. Obsolete. rare. = malapropism n. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect application of words > of a ludicrous nature > instance of slip-slop1788 slip-sloppism1803 malaprop1814 malapropism1830 malapropoism1834 Dundrearyism1862 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect application of words > of a ludicrous nature slip-sloppism1803 malapropism1830 slip-slop1837 malapropoism1893 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen II. ix. 183 Sadly annoyed he is sometimes by her mal-apropoisms. 1844 E. A. Poe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 221/1 Warm-hearted people..run into all sorts of blunders, contre-temps and mal apropos-isms, in the hot-headedness of their zeal to serve a friend. 1893 A. Dobson in Longman's Mag. Aug. 371 Not even the Malapropoism of Sheridan or Dickens is quite as riotously diverting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1834
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