15 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
noun an ungrammatical constituent
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English construction English misconstruction From mis- + construction.
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