单词 | miswording |
释义 | miswordingn. Wrong wording or expression; an example of this. 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 abusion1538 abuse1589 catachresis1589 miswording1804 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 > instance of miswording1804 eggcorn2003 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 425 [They] spoil all they do by wilful Miswording of their Acts. 1804 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. III. 327 A Miswording in the original Message. 1855 D. W. Cahill Wks. 135 The plain miswording, the additions, the corruptions..constitute an awful amount of guilt in the Protestant Bible. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. 2 Let's see some articles that don't attempt to influence readers with sly miswordings and innuendo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1680 |
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