Unscramble

m 3 a 1 l 1 a 1 p 3 r 1 o 1 p 3

8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

originFrom the name of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. See malapropism for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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