lapsus linguae
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus linguae
Latin
Example Sentences
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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
Tom grinned—but seeing no one stir, "Another lapsus linguae, sir!"
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard
Miss Sallianna wound up by saying, that it would be an affair of rare and opprobrious interest; and, as a comedy, would be positively deleterious, which was probably a lapsus linguae for "delicious."
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke
"Then jump right in here and I'll drive you to her," said the boy, without running the risk of another lapsus linguae.
From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Helen Beecher Long
"The devil they do, ma'am!" bolted out Richard, gruffly; and then, ashamed of his /lapsus linguae/, screwed up his lips firmly, and glared on the company with an eye of indignant fire.
From My Novel — Volume 05 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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