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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are accidentally transposed. It is a synonym of spoonerism.
Etymologies
- Named after a Polish count who suffered from accidental sound transpositions. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Douglas I. Pirus Garden Grove, California I. his letter [XI.,1] R. Antony Percy mentions the word marrowsky in lower case.”
“Sixth Chambers and Webster's Second give the word marrowsky, with the supposed origin of a Polish count.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘marrowsky’.
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wordplay words
anagram, alternade, punning, equivoque, paronomasia, disport, joual, marrowsky, glossopoeist, stain gloss, vrittigloss, glosszend and 5 more...
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You Don't Say
Language disorders, disabilities, and unusual demonstrations.
aphasia, aphonia, dysarthria, glossolalia, paraphasia, alexia, polymicrogyria, logorrhea, stutter, spoonerism, agraphia, malapropism and 54 more...
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Pale Fire
Words gathered while reading Pale Fire.
larches, torquate, stillicide, vermiculate, preterist, theolatry, iridule, vulgarian, cloutish, lemniscate, torsion, trillium and 176 more...
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miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
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Potpourri II
entomophagy, miggle, anoesis, phiz, deadfall, wrist-bitingly at..., feghoot, knout, flumadiddle, dactylography, marrowsky, shining wit and 18 more...
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mps86's Words
maduro, reredos, manting, anancy, tittup, rogation, twocker, xeriscape, monopolylogue, multilobate, mew, beamy and 69 more...
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asorini's Words
marrowsky, alfear, stillicide, gnomon, zitterbewegung, bremsstrahlung, pninian
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oroboros A Polish Spoonerism. Oct 9, 2010