Missound
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 mispronunciation. uncountable
"They are, however, often found used in the second person without this suffix, for which the avoiding of the missound is quoted as the reason."
Verb
- 1 To sound or pronounce wrongly.
"Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel."
Example
More examples"Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel."
Etymology
From mis- + sound.
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