| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Pronounce a word incorrectly.[Wordnet]
2. To err in speaking.[Websters] 3. To utter wrongly.[Websters] 4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: misspeaking, misspeaked, misspeaks, misspeaker, misspeakers, misspeakingly and misspeakedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "MISSPEAK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MISSPEAK
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To err or mistake in speaking.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly He didn't say you were 'tired.' He said you were 'fired.' He misspoke or you misheard. (references) | ||
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