Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misparaphrase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-para-phrase
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To paraphrase incorrectly.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English paraphrase English misparaphrase From mis- + paraphrase.

Inflected Forms

misparaphrases (present, singular) misparaphrasing (participle, present) misparaphrased (participle, past) misparaphrased (past)

Questions

What does misparaphrase mean?: To paraphrase incorrectly.
Where does misparaphrase come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English paraphrase English misparaphrase From mis- + paraphrase.

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