misspeak
Meaning
- (US, ambitransitive) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɪsˈspiːk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.
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