misprint

From mis- +‎ print.

• (noun):
  • enPR: mĭsʹprĭnt, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪspɹɪnt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (verb):
  • enPR: mĭs-prĭntʹ, IPA^(key): /mɪsˈpɹɪnt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

misprint (plural misprints)

1. 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."

misprint (third-person singular simple present misprints, present participle misprinting, simple past and past participle misprinted)

1. 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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