Meanings
adjectivemalapropian (comparative more malapropian, superlative most malapropian)
comparative more malapropian · superlative most malapropian
- malapropic
In the first place, with malapropian ineptness he confused "scrupulous" with its opposite, "unscrupulous."
1934, The English Journal, volume 23, page 571Synonyms: catachrestic, catachrestical, malapropic, malapropistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemalapropic
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