[Ads-l] Antedating of "Malapropism"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The citation James Eric Lawson found in the January 1826 issue of “The
London Magazine” is a diary for the month of December (according to
its title). The word “malapropism” appears in the entry for the 13th.
Thus, “malapropism” was apparently written on December 13, 1925.
Therefore this citation probably should be considered an antedating.

Date: January 1, 1826
Periodical: The London Magazine
Article: Diary of "A Constant Reader" for the Month of December
Start Page 76, Quote Page 82
Diary Entry for December 13, 1825
https://books.google.com/books?id=gQEFAAAAQAAJ&q=%22this+malapropism%22#v=snippet&

[Begin excerpt – double check for OCR errors]
In an account of a little piece at the Adelphi, called Success, (a
quiz on the press,) the New Times represents "The Observer and
Thespian Sentinel, as trying a close bout of manual espionage," "A
close bout of manual espionage!" What in the name of refinement does
the accomplished critic mean? Lady Morgan, in her happiest moments of
French, never surpassed this malapropism.
[End excerpt]

Garson


On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 12:12 PM James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:
>
> I suppose these might be equidatings of Fred Shapiro's 1826 find:
>
> Diary of a Constant Reader
> Type: Journal Article
> Author: John Taylor
> Author: John Scott
> URL:
> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081672085&view=1up&seq=94&q1=malapropism
> Volume: 4
> Issue: January 1826
> Pages: 82
> Publication: The London magazine.
> Date: 1826 Jan
> Place: London
> Publisher: Hunt and Clarke
> Accessed: 1/11/2023, 10:03:35 PM
> Archive: HathiTrust
>
>      Extract: “A close bout of manual espionage!” What in the name of
>      refinement does the accomplished critic mean? Lady Morgan, in
>      her happiest moments of French, never surpassed this
>      malapropism.
>
>      Term: malapropism
>
> Mathews At Home
> Type: Journal Article
> Author: John Taylor
> Author: John Scott
> URL:
> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033845564&view=1up&seq=459&q1=malapropisms
> Volume: 4
> Issue: April, 1826
> Pages: 558
> Date: 1826 Apr
> Extra:
> Place: London
> Publisher: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy etc..
> Accessed: 1/11/2023, 9:29:17 PM
> Archive: HathiTrust
>
>      Extract: Thus, in the personation of one Giblets, an ignorant
>      and self-complacent cit, an electioneering speech is put into
>      his mouth, which is nothing but a continued series of
>      Malapropisms, to the outrage of all nature and probability.
>
>      Term: malapropism
>
>
> On 1/11/23 11:14, James Eric Lawson wrote:
> > "...far-fetched Malapropism [sc. cocularity]...subsequently killed, as
> > boatswain of a line-of-battle ship."
> >
> > https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433008489191&view=1up&seq=145&q1=far-fetched
> >
> > On 1/11/23 10:53, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> >> 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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