Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misquotation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: mis-quo-ta-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incorrect quotation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose."
"There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]"

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 quotation English misquotation From mis- + quotation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

misquotations (plural)

Synonyms

misquote

Questions

What does misquotation mean?: An incorrect quotation.
Where does misquotation 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 quotation English misquotation From mis- + quotation.

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