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Misusing | words
| to
| create
| a
| comic effect
| or
| to
| characterize
| the speaker
| character
| as being
| too
| confused
| or
| ignorant
| to
| use
| correct
| diction
| The term
| originates from
| Richard
| Sheridan's
| character
| Mrs Malaprop
| because
| she
| often
| misapplied
| long words
| in an effort to
| appear
| impressive
- only individual words found (there may be no translations for some thesaurus entries in the bilingual dictionary)| word | |
| gen. | слово |
| TO | |
| bank. | телеграфное платёжное поручение |
| create | |
| gen. | сотворённый |
| a | |
| gen. | ар |
| comic effect | |
| lit. | комический эффект |
| or | |
| gen. | или |
| TO | |
| bank. | телеграфное платёжное поручение |
| characterize | |
| gen. | характеризовать |
| the Speaker | |
| inf. | председателев |
| character | |
| gen. | характер |
| as being | |
| gen. | будучи |
| too | |
| gen. | тоже |
| confused | |
| gen. | сбитый с толку |
| or | |
| gen. | или |
| ignorant | |
| gen. | невежественный |
| TO | |
| bank. | телеграфное платёжное поручение |
| use | |
| gen. | склонность |
| correct | |
| gen. | делать выговор |
| diction | |
| gen. | выбор слов |
| the term | |
| math. | член порядка |
| originate from | |
| busin. | возникать из |
| richard | |
| amer. inf. | детектив |
| Sheridan's | |
| gen. | Шериданс |
| character | |
| gen. | характер |
| Mrs. Malaprop | |
| lit. | миссис Малапроп |
| because | |
| gen. | так как |
| she | |
| gen. | женщина |
| often | |
| gen. | часто |
| misapply | |
| gen. | злоупотреблять |
| long word | |
| tech. | двойное слово |
| in an effort to | |
| gen. | решая задачу |
| appear | |
| gen. | появляться |
| impressive | |
| gen. | производящий глубокое впечатление |
verb | adjective | to phrases
| Misusing: 18 phrases in 9 subjects |
| Business | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 1 |
| Drug-related slang | 1 |
| General | 3 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Law | 5 |
| Notarial practice | 3 |
| Patents | 1 |