2. Verb. (past of mispronounce) ¹
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Definition of Mispronounced
1. mispronounce [v] - See also: mispronounce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mispronounced
Literary usage of Mispronounced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling: Containing a Full Alphabetical by Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler (1874)
"CLASSES OF WORDS LIABLE TO BE mispronounced. § 12O. In acquiring a correct
pronunciation, attention should be directed especially to such words as form ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1876)
"Pronouncing Hand-Book of Words often mispronounced, and of Words at to which a
Choice of Pronunciation is allowed. ..."
3. How to Speak in Public by Grenville Kleiser (1906)
"WORDS FREQUENTLY mispronounced abdomen abject accept acclimate acumen adamantine
address adept bade banquet bayonet because been calisthenics calm ..."
4. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"503 Study of 221-255 mispronounced, . 267-274 Right Use of, . . 191-198 Words
and Phrases, . 255-263 Classic 255-263 Greek 255-263 Latin, . ..."
5. Essays on a Liberal Education by Frederic William Farrar (1868)
"... Latin diction, nothing remains, as far as British jurisprudence is concerned,
beyond a few isolated and mispronounced expressions. ..."
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