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misquotation

noun

Etymology

From mis- + quotation.

  1. derived from quotō
  2. borrowed from quotātiō
  3. prefixed as misquotation — “mis + quotation”

Definitions

  1. An incorrect quotation.

    • My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.
    • There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misquotation. 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