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maladdress

noun

Etymology

From mal- + address.

  1. derived from dīrēctus — “straight; right”
  2. derived from *addīrēctiāre✻
  3. derived from adrecier — “to straighten, address”
  4. inherited from adressen — “to raise erect, adorn”
  5. prefixed as maladdress — “mal + address”

Definitions

  1. awkwardness, rudeness or a lack of politeness or tact when speaking to someone

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for maladdress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA