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11 letters · 19 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 + -ism. As dramatic characters in English comic plays of this time often had allusive names, it is likely that Sheridan fashioned the name from malapropos (“inappropriate; inappropriately”), from French mal à propos. Mrs. Malaprop is perhaps the best-known example of a familiar comedic character…
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Words from these letters
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- malaprop 14
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- mariposa 12
- moralism 12
- parosmia 12
- pampas 12
- papism 12
- primps 12