Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misproclaim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-pro-claim
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To proclaim wrongly, such as by proclaiming false information, or proclaiming in the wrong manner.

Example Sentences

"Not only is it a switch to allegory in a realistic novel, not only does it misproclaim its own message, it is not even really a murder!"
"Since the Lord's Supper is a proclamation of Jesus' death (v. 26), those who practice it in an unworthy manner are misproclaiming and thus are answerable for the body and blood of the Lord (v. 27)."
"And if they do not carve them in this way, or if they misproclaim feast days or ember days, then they owe three marks to the bishop."

Etymology

From mis- + proclaim.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misproclaims (present, singular) misproclaiming (participle, present) misproclaimed (participle, past) misproclaimed (past)

Questions

What does misproclaim mean?: To proclaim wrongly, such as by proclaiming false information, or proclaiming in the wrong manner.
Where does misproclaim come from?: From mis- + proclaim.

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