malapropian

malapropian

English

Adjective

malapropian (comparative more malapropian, superlative most malapropian)

1. malapropic
   • 1934, The English Journal (volume 23, page 571)

     In the first place, with malapropian ineptness he confused "scrupulous" with its opposite, "unscrupulous."

Synonyms

• catachrestic
• catachrestical
• malapropic
• malapropistic