Meaning

1 senses

  1. To use a malapropism.

Origin

From the name of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Brins

From the name of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. See malapropism for more.

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Forms

malaprops, malapropping, malapropped, malapropped
Base formmalaprop · to malaprop
3rd person singularmalaprops
Present participlemalapropping
Past simplemalapropped
Past participlemalapropped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymalaprop
he, she, itmalaprops

Past simpleLesson

all personsmalapropped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave malapropped
he, she, ithas malapropped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill malaprop

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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