misquote
/mɪsˈkwəʊt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.
noun
An incorrect recitation or recording of a quotation.
Example Sentences
- "I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare."
- "The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President."
- "Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001."
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- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote English misquote From mis- + quote.