Malapropism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A malapropism (also called a Dogberryism , acyrologia , or " Rickyism ") is the substitution of a word for a word with a similar sound, in which the resulting phrase makes no sense but often c...
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The Rivals , a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775. The Rivals was Sheridan's second commercially produced play. At t...
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Mrs. Malaprop's Malapropisms ... Here are some of the original malapropisms from the lady herself: Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775).
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In his 1775 Restoration comedy, The Rivals, Richard Sheridan introduced a humorous character by the name of Mrs. Malaprop. ... These slips are sometimes divided into two broad classes: classical malapropisms, in which the mistakes are due to ignorance (as in the case of Mrs. Malaprop), and temporary slips of the tongue,
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Note: Mrs. Malaprop, a character in an eighteenth-century British comedy, The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, constantly confuses words. Malapropisms are named after her.
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malapropism n. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound. An example of such misuse ... Mrs. Malaprop, a character in an eighteenth-century British comedy, The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, constantly confuses words. Malapropisms are named after her.
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From the character of Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775). One of her noteworthy similes is "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile."; ... "He is the very pineapple of politeness."; (Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Sheridan's The Rivals)
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Slightly Harder Word Game; ... A malapropism is the mistaken use of one word for another. ... 2. After a long air flight, it is reassuring to get your feet back onto terracotta.
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The Rivals; Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Review date: 18/6/1999; Publisher: Nick Hern Books; Published: 1775 ... The Captain is in love with Lydia Languish, the niece of Mrs Malaprop (whose speeches are full of malapropisms). Lydia is a young woman of romantic sensibilities who is rather over-fond of novels.
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The Rivals and even the more incisive second Sheridan play, School For Scandal, are not on a par with the literary brilliance of the comedies of another and later-born Irishman, Oscar Wilde. Yet, both have prospered for two centuries.
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