misquotation

[ mis-kwoh-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌmɪs kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

the act of misquoting.

an instance or occasion of misquoting or of being misquoted.

Origin of misquotation

First recorded in 1765–75; mis-¹ + quotation

Words nearby misquotation

misprision, misprize, mispronounce, misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, Misr, misread, misreckon, misredemption

Example sentences from the Web for misquotation

My correspondence about the misquotation of Tennyson has quieted itself since the fifth letter.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)|George Eliot
It was, for one thing, Mary's habit of misquotation that got upon Ledgar's nerves.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917|Various
Katharine, in spite of her emotion, was quick to catch the misquotation.
Privy Seal|Ford Madox Ford
There is a quotation, or rather a misquotation, from it in the Preface to Alastor.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry|Andrew Cecil Bradley

Byron might have turned in his grave at having his dissolute stiff-neck so wrung for him by misquotation.
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters|Anonymous

单词	misquotation
释义	misquotation [ mis-kwoh-tey-shuhn ] / ˌmɪs kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən / noun the act of misquoting. an instance or occasion of misquoting or of being misquoted. Origin of misquotation First recorded in 1765–75; mis-¹ + quotation Words nearby misquotation misprision, misprize, mispronounce, misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, Misr, misread, misreckon, misredemption Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for misquotation My correspondence about the misquotation of Tennyson has quieted itself since the fifth letter. George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)\|George Eliot It was, for one thing, Mary's habit of misquotation that got upon Ledgar's nerves. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917\|Various Katharine, in spite of her emotion, was quick to catch the misquotation. Privy Seal\|Ford Madox Ford There is a quotation, or rather a misquotation, from it in the Preface to Alastor. Oxford Lectures on Poetry\|Andrew Cecil Bradley Byron might have turned in his grave at having his dissolute stiff-neck so wrung for him by misquotation. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters\|Anonymous
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