Definitions for misquote

misquote mis·quote

Spelling: [mis-kwoht]
IPA: /mɪsˈkwoʊt/

Misquote is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in misquote (eimoqstu).

Definitions for misquote

noun

  1. a quotation that is incorrect.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to quote incorrectly.

Origin of misquote

First recorded in 1590-1600; mis-1 + quote

Examples for misquote

I sighed as an author, but obeyed as a pupil,—to misquote the words of Gibbon.

Looking about this institution, one is moved to misquote Robert Browning.

Look how we can, or sad or merrily, / Interpretation will misquote our looks.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to misquote it, as the Spanish philosopher George Santayana did not say.

The Socialist can quote Scripture for his purpose—and misquote it too.

How we do misquote sayings, or misunderstand them when quoted rightly!

But to misquote an old financial adage, the property market can remain irrational longer than you are prepared to remain homeless.

He could not misquote or misapply the word, neither could he be indifferent about it.

I may misquote, as I quote from memory, but if the words are wrong, the ideas are right.

By terrifying coincidence, this was the one poem that Thatcher herself thought to recall and misquote when she first met Larkin.

Word Value for misquote
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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