misquote

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (verb) /mɪsˈkwəʊt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -əʊt
• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈmɪskwəʊt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Verb

misquote (third-person singular simple present misquotes, present participle misquoting, simple past and past participle misquoted)

1. To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.

   I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.

   The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.

   • 2023 August 22, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Audio debunks Vivek Ramaswamy’s false claim that he was misquoted about 9/11”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• misquoter

Noun

misquote (plural misquotes)

1. An incorrect recitation or recording of a quotation.