miscoinage
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]miscoinage (plural miscoinages)
- A bad or wrong coinage.
- G. E. Booij, Jaap van Marle, Yearbook of Morphology 1998 (page 273)
- Considering the fact that English is commonly used by non-native speakers the occurrence of such miscoinages is remarkably low.
- 2017, John McVeagh, Thomas Durfey and Restoration Drama:
- The wretch 'Grizled with hair' (meaning 'Having grey hair with hair') is a typical Durfey miscoinage. Something is said which sounds meaningful but is not.
- G. E. Booij, Jaap van Marle, Yearbook of Morphology 1998 (page 273)