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misspeak

verb
/mɪsˈspiːk/UK

Etymology

From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.

  1. inherited from *misspecan✻
  2. inherited from misspeken

Definitions

  1. To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.

    • Either I misspoke or you misheard.
    • In July, both Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to contradict the commitment to public ownership - but then subsequently said they had misspoken.

  2. To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.

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Derived

misspeaker

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misspeak. 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