I. ˈmaləˌpräp noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Mrs. Malaprop, character noted for her misuse of words in the comedy The Rivals (1775) by Richard B. Sheridan died 1816 Irish dramatist, from English malapropos
: malapropism
II. adjective
or mal·a·prop·i·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|präpēən, -prōp-
: marked by the use of malapropisms
a malaprop use of words — Alexander Bain
the malaprop adolescent … pries at him with personal questions (“Was your wife a lymphomaniac?”) — Time