misquotation

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An incorrect quotation.

   My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.

Similar words

misquote misquoter misestimate misimplication misimputation misstatement miscitation misrecitation misassumption mistranslation

Often followed by

of from and is in or was by to

Word family

misquotations