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English
Etymology
From mis- + print.
Pronunciation
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 - [...].
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