malapropos
21malapropos — adv., adj., & n. adv. inopportunely; inappropriately. adj. inopportune; inappropriate. n. something inappropriately said, done, etc. Etymology: F mal agrave propos f. mal ill: see APROPOS …
22Malapropismo — El término malapropismo es la castellanización del vocablo inglés malapropism. Es un tipo de error que consiste en sustituir una palabra por otra que tiene un sonido parecido, pero cuyo significado es diferente. Actualmente, el término no está… …
23malaprop — mal·a·prop (măl’ə prŏp′) n. ▸ A malapropism. ╂ [After Mrs. Malaprop, a character in The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from MALAPROPOS(Cf. ↑malapropos).] Word History: She s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile and… …
24Malapropism — A malapropism is an act of misusing or the habitual misuse of similar sounding words, especially with humorous results. An example is Yogi Berra s statement: Texas has a lot of electrical votes, [1] rather than electoral votes . Contents 1… …
25improper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indecent, bawdy, lewd, risqué; wrong, inapt, unsuitable, unfitting, incorrect, out of place, misplaced. See inexpedience, disagreement. Ant., proper, appropriate. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
26unsuitable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsuited, inappropriate, unfitting, unbecoming. See disagreement. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inadequate, improper, malapropos, disagreeable, discordant, incongruous, inharmonious, incompatible,… …
27malapropism — 1826, from Mrs. Malaprop, character in Sheridan s play The Rivals (1775), noted for her ridiculous misuse of large words (e.g. contagious countries for contiguous countries ), her name coined from MALAPROPOS (Cf. malapropos) …
28inopportunely — adverb at an inconvenient time he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner she answered malapropos • Syn: ↑malapropos • Ant: ↑opportunely • Derived from adjective: ↑inopportune …
29mal|ap|ro|pos — «MAL ap ruh POH», adverb, adjective. at the wrong time or place: »a joke told malapropos (adv.); a malapropos comment (adj.). ╂[< French mal à propos badly for the purpose < mal (see etym. under mal (Cf. ↑mal )) + à propos apropos] …
30malapropism — mal a*prop*ism, n. [From Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan s drama, The Rivals, who makes amusing blunders in her use of words. See {Malapropos}.] A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used. [1913 Webster] …
