misprint
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (noun):
- enPR: mĭsʹprĭnt, IPA(key): /ˈmɪspɹɪnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (verb):
- enPR: mĭs-prĭntʹ, IPA(key): /mɪsˈpɹɪnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnt
Noun
misprint (plural misprints)
- An accidental mistake in print.
- Coordinate term: writo
- Near-synonyms: typo; lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
- There is a misprint in the first print run: On page 42 where the character yells, "You're going to catch a cod if you spend all night fishing", the dialogue was meant to say, "You're going to catch a cold if you spend all night fishing."
Translations
an accidental mistake in print
Verb
misprint (third-person singular simple present misprints, present participle misprinting, simple past and past participle misprinted)
- To make a misprint.
- I misprinted his name on the invitation. He's called James, not Jambes.
- 1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 638:
- [...] the northbound trains involved are the 8.15 a.m. (not p.m. as misprinted last month) and 10.15 a.m. from Buchanan Street - [...].