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单词 mispronounce
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mispronouncev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/, U.S. /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, pronounce v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + pronounce v. Compare earlier mispronunciation n.
transitive. To pronounce incorrectly. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > in speech
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1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 21 Sometime we finde names in England giuen of the French, and mispronounced as..Beaulye for Beaulieu.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 14 They mispronounc't and I mislik't.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii Mrs. Malaprop..shall treat me..with her select words so ingeniously misapplied, without being mispronounced.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 126 Come then, sit near me, and correct when I mispronounce.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xiv. 119 To correct Mr. Wegg when he grossly mispronounced a word.
1905 Athenæum 8 Apr. 430/3 Daily do we suffer from the conversation of persons..who misapply terms, mispronounce words.
1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 230/1 Having mispronounced all the elementary French with which he is conversant to demi-mondaines who speak English with dreadful certainty.
1986 B. Geldof Is that It? xii. 213 ‘What we need from you, Bob, is another album like Mingo Bingo,’ said one, mispronouncing the very album they'd rejected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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