misquotation

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noun

An incorrect quotation.

“My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.”

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misquote
OriginEnglish quotation ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

nounmisquotation (countable and uncountable, plural misquotations)

plural misquotations

  1. countableuncountableAn incorrect quotation.

    My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.

    1 more example

    There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]

    1986 August 9, Gail Ann Williams, “Ladies Against Women Responds”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan incorrect quotation

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misquote
Broader
quotationquotecitation
Also see
misquote

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishquotation
  10. Englishmisquotation

From mis- + quotation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

misquotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misquotation

MLA

“misquotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misquotation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misquotation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misquotation.

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