[Ads-l] Antedating of "Malapropism"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Jan 11 18:53:29 UTC 2023


malapropism (OED 1830)

1826 Naval Sketch-Book (2nd ed.) 1:146 (Google Books)  This is no far-fetched Malapropism; the man who made use of this expression was subsequently killed.

Fred Shapiro


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