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[mis-in-tur-prit] / ˌmɪs ɪnˈtɜr prɪt /




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This week: Misinterpret a movie title in a supposed plot description, as in the inking entries above from Week 625, the first go-round.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2021

Misinterpret, mis-in-tėr′pret, v.t. to interpret wrongly: to explain wrongly.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various




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