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misquote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪskwəʊt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote English misquote From mis- + quote.

Meanings

  1. An incorrect recitation or recording of a quotation.

Forms

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misquotes Number=Plur lexicographic

misquote en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈkwəʊt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote English misquote From mis- + quote.

Meanings

  1. To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.
    • The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.
    • I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.
    • Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 2023 August 22, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Audio debunks Vivek Ramaswamy’s false claim that he was misquoted about 9/11”, in CNN:

Forms

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misquotes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misquoted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misquoted Tense=Past lexicographic
misquoting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

misquoter