[Ads-l] Antedating of "Malapropism"

[Laurence Horn]

Yes, that would be nice.  And even more impressive would be an antedate from before 1775!

> On Sep 10, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Come on, please give us the relevant quote!
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> MAM
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 3:44 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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>> 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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