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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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
-
An incorrect recitation or recording of a quotation.
Forms
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
-
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
Deriveds
misquoter