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dogberryism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Alternative form of Dogberryism.

From Dogberry + -ism, after Shakespeare's character in Much Ado About Nothing.

Dogberryisms (plural)

What does dogberryism mean?: A malapropism.
Where does dogberryism come from?: From Dogberry + -ism, after Shakespeare's character in Much Ado About Nothing.

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