Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malapropoism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: malapropo-ism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of malapropism.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From malapropos + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: malapropos

Usage

Inflected Forms

malapropoisms (plural)

Questions

What does malapropoism mean?: Obsolete form of malapropism.
Where does malapropoism come from?: From malapropos + -ism.

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