[Ads-l] Antedating of "Malapropism"

[Mark Mandel]

Come on, please give us the relevant quote!

MAM

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 3:44 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> malapropism (OED 1830)
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> 1826 _London Magazine_ Jan. 82 (ProQuest)  Lady Morgan, in her happiest
> moments of French, never surpassed this malapropism.
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> Fred Shapiro
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