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Dogberryism

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A comically confused misapplication of long words, as when Dogberry claims to have ‘comprehended two auspicious persons’ (Much Ado About Nothing 3.5.44); later called malapropism.

Chris Baldick

From: Dogberryism in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare »

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date: 18 January 2025

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